Recent content by Justin Laureltec

Yes, the Compact has fundamentally the exact same functionality as the full-size Multi or, for that matter, the Quattro line as well... so, yes, the dongle works the same, the VE.Bus communication/control works the same, etc... but unfortunately, unless the 3rd-party BMS is communicating over...

No. As noted above: do not do this. Your Battery Protect will fail, and it will not be covered by the warranty because you're using it in an expressly forbidden configuration.

All: Please note the description, in which he specifically says "do not use a battery protect with an inverter". The video was made before everyone understood how the Battery Protects work and why they fail using them this way.

Certainly every one that I'm aware of does... though this is where some people get confused by why they also need an external ATS or manual source selector if they have multiple AC sources, such as a generator and shore power; the internal transfer switch of most inverter/chargers is for...

Next time I talk to him I'll be sure to let him know he's helping insomniacs across America :p

Dude... I hate Sterling manuals and product descriptions SO MUCH. They're almost all written by Charles Sterling Sr. and he spends half the manual talking about why you need the thing that you clearly probably already have because you're obviously reading the manual for it :rolleyes: . And their...

LOL! No worries at all, sometimes you gotta ask the question first to find out what other information you need to give! If you're only disconnecting DC loads, then the Battery Protect is actually perfectly appropriate for you - that's what it's designed for. It can't be used to disconnect an...

Ahhhhhh I see that you're creatively editing your answers to look less foolish. Well, 100A at 15v won't do you any good either... which you'd also know if you understood how an MPPT works. Okay. I'm out of this conversation, that's about all the nonsense I can take. ?

Sooooo if you can get your full 100A charge current to your batteries from 7A input at high voltage from your array, for the third time: why in god's name would you try to put 100A into the MPPT?? You're literally not gaining anything, and you're just shedding godawful amounts of energy as heat...

Wow... you really have no idea how an MPPT works? I explained this before. You don't need to put 100A IN to get 100A OUT, because in your own words, voltage matters. 7A @200vDC IN = ~103.70A OUT @13.5vDC

Max Isc is max Isc. Why is this so difficult? And I still want to know why you would ever try to put that much current into an SCC, that's a horrifyingly inefficient use of your panels.

Doubt me? https://community.victronenergy.com/users/index.html?all=1&sort=karma

Dude, LOL I'm literally the #6 Victron Product Expert in the world... yes, I'm quite familiar with the warranty. And the spec sheet, where it states a maximum Isc input current, and footnote 2 that says a higher Isc input current may damage the controller, and also Article 3 ss2 of the Victron...

Well, you're voiding your warranty by doing that... just saying.

Wow, what is going on in this thread... What the hell, I'll climb in: A 100A SCC is rated for output current at battery voltage, not input current at panel voltage. Just because it can output 100A to a battery at 13.5 or 14.4 doesn't mean that it can take 100A input at 75 or 100 or 150v, and it...