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How to read and set the ABC-BMS app.
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prygaard
Aug 23, 2022
Just did a build with 2 SOK 12V 100Ah, Heated w/ Bluetooth batteries and a Victron 2K Multiplus, a Victron Orion TR Smart, and a Victron SmartSolar 100|30 1) I have stressed it to around 109A on each battery and the system continued to run for several minutes before I shut down the load. (This also exceeded the 2KW of the inverter) I also stressed it to shut off, but was not measuring the load so I do not know where the system shut off. 2) Both batteries will shut down (D-MOS turns off) if the Victron MultiPlus is connected to the DC without a precharge. The 330A, no delay Short-Circuit protection is far less forgiving than a lot of other BMSs. Many (most?) BMSs would be able to handle the surge of a 2K inverter. This is the precharge circuit that is now on the build: Inverter Disconnect Switch with precharge 3) Both batteries have a cell that runs away at the end of the charge cycle. The Cell overvoltage is hit before the charge cycle completes and the C-MOS turns off. There are comments online that the balancer on the BMS will eventually take care of this. I have my doubts, but we will see. There may be a need to open the battery and manually balance the cells. 4) When the short circuit protection trips, or the cell under-voltage trips, the only indication in the app that something has happened is the D-MOS or C-MOS indicators grey out. There is nothing that tells you why it is greyed out. There is a battery status page in the app, but I have never seen that page provide any information. It would be nice if that page would display the reason the D-MOS and/ or C-MOS is off. (Or perhaps have a log of recent events) 5) To turn the D-Mos back on, you must put a sufficient charge voltage on the battery. The charge voltage must be a little bit higher than the internal battery voltage. (This confused me for a while when I had the charge voltage turned down a bit and it was not restarting the battery) I prefer an auto reset.... but others prefer a manual intervention after a bad event. Note: An auto-reset would require a HW redesign of the BMS. I wonder if they could add a control to the app that lets you turn it back on? 6) The app indicates nothing about balancer settings or balancer activity. This would be a much-welcomed upgrade to the app
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