[RE-wrenches] kilovault 2400 HLX Lithium Battery Charging.....

[Jay]

Hi jim

As you have 4 battereis in series, you should use balancing devices between them. The kilovaukt are very susceptible to getting out of balance between batteries. 

I had to work with a customer to fix his kilovault battereis. Numerous failures which was traced back to broken balancers. 

Victron make good ones. 

Jay


> On Dec 30, 2025, at 9:39 PM, Jim Gowdy via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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> Does anyone have any experience with the Kilovault 2400 HLX 12v batteries.  I have a customer that wants to hook up a generator to his system and go over programming on an outback system.  I looked up this battery company and they don't have a website and their phone number didn't work so I assume the company is out of business.  I found a manual and the specs state that the bulk charge time is 2 minutes per battery I assume.  I'm still a rookie and learning the proper charging parameters for different kinds of batteries so any help would be appreciated.  He hasn't given me much info, but apparently there are......
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