Hello, I'm using a Victron Smart Shunt on a 2018 TAB 400.
AGM Battery Info:
- Brand is "Vision Group"
- Manufacturer appears to be Shenzhen Center Power Tech. Co., Ltd.
- Model no. EV4D-240A-AT (12v 240ah)
I want to make sure my Victron app has the correct info in it so I can correctly monitor the battery. Here's what I have currently:
- Battery Capacity: 240Ah
- Charged Voltage: 13.2V
- Discharge Floor: 50%
- Tail current: 4.00%
- Charged detection time: 3m
- Peukert exponent: 1.25
- Charge efficiency factor: 95%
- Current threshold: 0.10A
- Time-to-go averaging period: 3m
I have the alarms set as:
- Low SOC alarm: on 50%, off 60%
- Low voltage alarm: on 12v, off 12.2v
I've been doing a test run for about 18 hrs so far running the fridge, fan, and some lights. Right now the monitor is telling me:
- State of charge: 67%
- Voltage: 12.07V
- Current: -6.58A
- Power: -79W
- Consumed Ah: -94.0Ah
- Time remaining: 7h 20m
Thoughts or advice on changing any of the above?
Pretty soon I'll start charging. I want to check the charge voltage/amperage using the house current and using just the tow vehicle connection...
2018 T@B 400
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I would raise the Charged detection time to 5 minutes
With an AGM Battery, you could go higher on the Discharge floor; as high as 80%
I would set the Low voltage alarm to 11.8
I would also consider setting the Charged voltage to 13.6
There is a calculator available for peukert effect
All of this is to prevent you from false synchronizations and resetting to Zero Amps. Depending on how you use your camper would determine actual settings.
Example, if you use full connections 100% of the time, none of this really matters but if you boondock it becomes much more important.
Brad
2022 Black Series HQ19 aka "Cricket"
2021 F-250 Tremor with PSD aka "Big Blue"
Concord, NC
Our battery manual offers settings for a programmable charger, so I took cues from that and validated my settings by following the charge readings.
How old is your battery? Ours is 4 years old and we adjusted our efficiency to 85%. Also, Ah capacity declines with age, so take your best guess.
Charged Voltage - if you are not going to use solar, this value should be 0.1 to 0.2 less than the float value. If using solar, base it on the absorption value.
Tail Current - we set ours at 2%, so anything less than a current of 3 A will be noted as 100% SOC. Although it was recommended to set it at 0.5%, that would probably not be attainable with our aging battery.
Battery starts synchronized - Turned off. In case battery power is interrupted (say you remove the battery fuse), you don’t want a false synchronization when power resumes.