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Apologies. I read JK and acted on JBD BMS. My bad. Sorry. That Reset Capacity is a pretty cool feature on the Xiaoxiang App, the full free version.

On the Xiaoxiang App, the full version, there is a option to reset Capacity. Just click on Reset Capacity. I use Xiaoxiang on Andriod phone for this function. The Apple one is better for watching the batts all the time. The Overkill App also fine. Play with them all. But I have not seen the...

Living in Cape Town, trust me when I say, you are pretty aware of the weeks of the year when you will have to fall back on utilities. Living in Canada, Alaska, some USA states, Europe, and you have a whole new world of challenges to sort for months at a time. You gain this experience from...

Balancing only starts at 3.45.

Shelly is just the on/off switch, it needs to be told when to do that, its built-in software the catchall if you want. Hence I use NodeRED on the Victron Cerbo as the "instructor" of the shelly, using the volts if I wanted. I chose to rather use the panel's incoming watts.

After all this time, 18 x 280ah EVE Batch Matched A Grade cells, performing beautifully, controlled 100% by Victron, not interface between BMS and Venus/Cerbo. Have the option though, if I ever need it. Ps. It is a touch screen, sorry for the marks.

Here is an idea ... https://diysolarforum.com/threads/solar-water-heater.46426/page-6#post-1075068

FWIW, that Shelly, it is controlled, in my case, by NodeRED running on the Venus/Cerbo Large OS. When the solar panels are >3.6kw, utilities draw is near zero, the "Victron system" switches on the Shelly to heat the geyser up to 50 deg Celcius. Can adjust higher if I want. Then, as long as the...

It comes with a nice easy-to-use interface, type in the IP address at home using any browser, or on your phone at home, and you can get to it. I connect it like so, to a bigger relay, being 3kw element, just because it made sense to me, less stress on the Shelly.

What I realized, if you put up solar panels to heat a geyser, that geyser will be heated in a couple of hours. So what then happens with the panels? So a penny dropped ... get a Solis grid-tied inverter, slap the panels on it, connect it to the main DB, put in a timer for when to switch the...

If I have a HEX file from JBD for a firmware upgrade, would sharing that help towards having the software, for Windows, being upgraded to have the firmware Firmware update part developed? I found a bug with the balancing. When you set the balancer to start balancing at say 3.2v, it will do so...

I have a Victron with an 18-cell battery bank, so lots of cells. My suggestions: 1) Top balance your battery again. 2) Run at 3.45v max. (More headroom to balance.) 3) Get a Venus, the Rpi version, and install this interface between the BMS and your system, for more control...

Depends on the equipments functionality one uses. My case: 1) Inverter itself, as it can run standalone. Set it there first. 2) MPPT's, as they can also run standalone. Duplicate inverter settings, in case the inverter is off, MPPTs are not. 3) Cerbo/Venus control if one uses the ESS...

It is best to read the battery suppliers' terms and conditions. You may have done it the right way, but they have to have rules in place for them to honor their warranties over the period they give. Having said that, you can have a big inverter on a smaller bank if you have set the settings...

Thanks, Wibla, Why would you prefer 17? Because of the max volts? I must stress this point for newbies: The cells must be A Grade Batch Matched or at least the same resistance, and they all have to be top balanced all the time. Same resistance ... as a test, whilst waiting for our latest...