[RE-wrenches] Battery balancers

[Starlight]

Jay,

I started recommending the Victron battery balancer for all series and series/parallel Li battery banks. It has eliminated trouble in some problematic systems. If you reach a cell over-voltage in the Kilovault BMS, it will block current flow, preventing the other series batteries from charging. This also causes havoc with connected equipment as the battery appears to have disconnected.

Larry Crutcher
Starlight Power Systems


On May 15, 2023, at 12:17 PM, Jay via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

Hi All

I’m wondering what the thoughts are on using or not balancers for 2  12v lithium in series for 24v system. The batteries don’t have any series communication. 
Kilovault if that matters. 
Not my design. 

It would seem to be a good idea, with victron having a good one. 

Thanks in advance

Jay
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