[RE-wrenches] Battery balancers

[Christopher Warfel]

Would you recommend that for FLAs?  Thank you, Chris

On 5/15/2023 6:12 PM, Starlight via RE-wrenches wrote:
> 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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             Christopher Warfel
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