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A discussion on how to select a suitable size battery bank when contemplating an upgrade to Lithium Ion Batteries

You can write your own software for Victron Energy products or you can write your own interaction with them. Here is an interesting example....

What are the recommended charge settings for AGM batteries.  We looked it up for you.............

Demo Lithium Battery System Comparison to AGM Batteries

The Balmar Smart Gauge and the Victron BMV meter come at their answers in totally different ways. Which does a better job and why?

The next generation of Victron MPPT solar charge controllers will have built in Bluetooth, which frees up the VE Direct Port for other uses.  Read all about it......

New Victron Connect App Release v3.1 available August 2017 features demo mode as well as support for Blue Smart Chargers, Smart Lithium Batteries, VE Direct Phoenix Inverters, MPPT Charge Controllers and more.

Read a review written by one user who installed a BMV Energy Monitor, MPPPT solar charge controller and smart phone display in his camper

This is an actual panel built to order for a customer and it is going in a specialized off road vehicle.

Error codes explained - Victron Energy MPPT solar charge controllers

What happens when I have multiple charge sources charging a single battery bank? I get this question asked almost every day. "I have a battery charger, an alternator, and solar panels charging the same battery. Does it get overcharged?" Here are some thoughts on the subject.....

This is the story of the final installation of Victron equipment on this off-grid solar house, this house has a twist though, it is made of straw bales......

Here is a photo and description of the installation of an Altmount kit on a Universal M35 on a Nonsuch 30

I'm getting weird reading from my Victron BMV amp hour meter. The readings don't seem to relate to what I think is happening. HELP !

Its a total No-No to connect AC Neutral to Ground on board a boat.  One boat did by accident, see what happened.......

We all know that electricity and water don't mix.  What we may not be aware of is how many drownings occur every year because of electrical current in the water.  The new ABYC standard requiring ELCI circuit breakers on shore power service to boats is an attempt to reduce the amount of stray electrical current in the water - read below for an explanation of what this is all about.

This is just a small sub-panel on this French built saiboat. Part of the panel is 12 volt and part is 24 volt

A Bluetooth dongle is now available so that you can read data from your Victron Energy BMV energy Monitor or MPPT Solar Charge Controller on an iPhone, iPad or Android Devices

I am always referring to these tables so I thought I would put them in my blog where they will be easier to find

This post gives a few pointers for sizing wire in AC Circuits

ANL and MEGA fuses are similar high amperage DC fuses but there are some big differences. Here is a comparison.....

I end up looking up this table so often I decided to post it on my blog

This was my first time installing one of the Balmar Serpentine kits and I was a bit apprehensive. Although I had read the instructions several times it still isn't quite the same as actually doing it. Read how it all turned out.........