[RE-wrenches] Battery Monitor for Li

Eric Smiley eric at vecoop.ca
Fri Sep 2 12:13:09 PDT 2022


I am having the same problem - same situation. I am going to tweak the
efficiency value and see if it helps.


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On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 11:43, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> I’ve never installed simplify batteries. Do they make their own state of
> charge monitor?
> The trimetric has a perimeter called charge efficiency % You can tweak
> that to get it to match the any benchmark more closely.
> Also the trimetric should be reset to full on a regular basis, When you
> have confidence the batteries are full. All trimetrics drift off over time,
> especially given the unique charge characteristics of lithium-ion’s versus
> lead acid batteries.
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 2:32 PM Matt Sherald via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Friends,
>>
>> I have an off-grid customer for whom I recently installed some SimpliPhi
>> 3.8kW batteries.  This is an older system and it has a Trimetric battery
>> monitor that the homeowners have used for years to keep an eye on their
>> battery bank.
>>
>> The SimpliPhi batteries appear to be working fine at the site, but the
>> homeowners feel uneasy b/c the Trimetric is reporting that they are
>> finishing each charging cycle with an amp-hour deficit.  The voltage of the
>> SimpliPhi batteries indicate that they are getting fully charged and are
>> doing so fairly early in the AM (solar is the primary power source).
>>
>> I've spoken with SimpliPhi tech folks and their hunch is that the
>> Trimetric is not reporting correctly.  They suggested that a Victron
>> BMV-712 would be more accurate at tracking Percent Full etc...
>>
>> Do you folks think that the Victron is better at counting Ah in/out for
>> Li batteries?  Or is the Trimetric adequate - do I maybe just need to
>> adjust the settings?
>>
>> Anyway, the implication that the Victron BMV was better at monitoring Li
>> batteries has me curious and I will enjoy hearing what the group thinks.
>>
>> Thanks for your time!
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>>
>>
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