Posts made by David

• Alternator shunt spurious invalid current reported

  Just to close the loop, I trimmed the sense wires and ran them away from high current lines. I also cleaned the contact surface of the shunt and re-terminated. No sign of this issue since. Safe to ...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  David
  1/11/23, 4:59 AM
• Alternator shunt spurious invalid current reported

  Rick, thank you again for your helpful responses. I think you might be on to something with the induced-current idea, as the shunt sense wires are coiled near the positive power cable where a lot o...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  David
  1/3/23, 7:51 AM
• Alternator shunt spurious invalid current reported

  I recently installed my first WS500 in my boat with REC-BMS and Victron integration and a dedicated alternator shunt to measure output. It\'s awesome and solved some longstanding charging issues in...

  posted in WS500 Tips, Tricks and support

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  David
  1/3/23, 3:15 AM
• REC BMS How to configure your current sensor

  Thank you Rick, very helpful. I\'ll adjust that charge coefficient parameter now, 60% charge efficiency is definitely too low for a lifepo4 system.   I did adjust the top balancing setti...

  posted in REC BMS Tips and Tricks

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  David
  3/22/22, 6:15 AM
• REC BMS How to configure your current sensor

  Rick, thanks  so  much for your reply  and suggestions. First, grab a DC multi-meter and compare your BMS values vs the meter. Ok, values are close as far as voltage. Current moves around a lot, ...

  posted in REC BMS Tips and Tricks

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  David
  3/20/22, 8:45 AM
• REC BMS How to configure your current sensor

  Rick, thanks for this post. I purchased  the \"REC Current Sensor Shunt 1000A\" and seem to have a slight  misconfiguration of settings as the system is pessimistic enough that it resets SOC to 100...

  posted in REC BMS Tips and Tricks

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  David
  3/17/22, 4:51 AM
• ABMS + Victron Multiplus 3k - Max Charge Amps & Settings

  Not sure what\'s causing  your issue -- I have a similar hardware setup  with a MP3K and am able to charge at the full 120A capacity reliably. However, I am using lower voltages for  bulk and float...

  posted in REC Active BMS

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  David
  1/30/22, 4:57 AM
• Settings: Chemistry, Strings & Voltage

  I\'m running the same basic configuration  you are (16 eve 280 cells), and have the same  question about voltage settings for these cells. I reduced the max cell voltage for now to reduce wear on t...

  posted in REC Active BMS

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  David
  1/29/22, 12:08 PM
• REC BMS WiFi Module firmware update

  Thanks -- good input. I wasn\'t able to recover the original SD card, but formatting a new card and moving the files there appears to have resolved the issue.

  posted in REC Product Announcements

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  David
  12/8/21, 10:58 AM
• REC BMS WiFi Module firmware update

  I attempted the update and it looked like it had worked, but appears to have corrupted the SD card. I\'m getting a \"PROBLEM WITH SD CARD, LOGGING IS DISABLED.\" I\'ve  emailed the head office for ...

  posted in REC Product Announcements

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  David
  12/8/21, 3:29 AM