2021 T@B 400 Victron question

LonesomeRoad
LonesomeRoad Member Posts: 86
in Battery/Electrical & Solar
We just traded our 2021 320S BD for a 400. I had begun to understand the Victron app on the 320 and thought I'd have no questions on the 400. I'm currently on shore power and seeing the attached output from the app and am confused.

I would expect no output on the solar and Load Output to be Off. Can someone please point me in the right direction? On the 320, in a similar setup, I would see no output on the solar and off on the load output. 

BTW, the 2-day fridge is on and the Not-so-Fantastic Fan is on setting 1.

Thank you!


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  • ChrisFix
    ChrisFix Member Posts: 743
    edited August 2021
    @LonesomeRoad
    The solar controller is connected directly to the batteries...so if there is sunshine, it charges the batteries.
    The Load Output is for the auxillary terminals on the SmartSolar 75/15. Those are not used in the factory installation, but they are left on in settings. It does no harm, and I think you can turn them off in settings as well. They allow a 12V load to be run directly off the solar controller, but like I said, they aren't utilized in the factory implementation.

    Edit: So I just looked at the screen shot, and I don't know why you show anything on the Load Outputs...mine says 0. 
    Possibly just a phantom reading.
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  • manyman297
    manyman297 Member Posts: 1,433
    @LonesomeRoad Not to hijack the thread but I didn’t realize you had already traded up. I know you were one of the ones waiting on your 320 earlier this year. 
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  • LonesomeRoad
    LonesomeRoad Member Posts: 86
    manyman297 said:
    @LonesomeRoad Not to hijack the thread but I didn’t realize you had already traded up. I know you were one of the ones waiting on your 320 earlier this year. 
    Yes, we were. It was finally delivered in May and we had it out for about six trips and decided that, while we could deal with the setup/tear down, that something like the 400 would be better for us. Found a dealer that had two that were delivered a couple of days before we went by them on a trip and ended up trading our 320. Still sounds like NuCamp has issues with keeping dealers and waiting customers informed in a timely manner of build issues and trust they will address those. I would say, BTW, that our 320 was better built than the 400. So far, nothing big on the 400, but the cabinet work on the 320 was better.
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  • LonesomeRoad
    LonesomeRoad Member Posts: 86
    ChrisFix said:
    @LonesomeRoad
    The solar controller is connected directly to the batteries...so if there is sunshine, it charges the batteries.

    I thought that the controller on the 320 (same controller) would show 0 watts of power coming off the panel if the battery was charged. Guess I have more to learn. Thanks for the response.

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  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,061
    @LonesomeRoad - We had a lingering current showing on our BMV.  We resolved this by Synchronizing then doing a Zero Current Calibration.  I know you don’t have the BMV, but maybe you just need to resynch to get rid of that output.
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  • LonesomeRoad
    LonesomeRoad Member Posts: 86
    Is the default setting in the Victron appropriate for the supplied Harris AGM batteries?
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  • ChrisFix
    ChrisFix Member Posts: 743
    LonesomeRoad said:
    Is the default setting in the Victron appropriate for the supplied Harris AGM batteries?
    Yes...

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  • manyman297
    manyman297 Member Posts: 1,433
    LonesomeRoad said:
    manyman297 said:
    @LonesomeRoad Not to hijack the thread but I didn’t realize you had already traded up. I know you were one of the ones waiting on your 320 earlier this year. 
    Yes, we were. It was finally delivered in May and we had it out for about six trips and decided that, while we could deal with the setup/tear down, that something like the 400 would be better for us. Found a dealer that had two that were delivered a couple of days before we went by them on a trip and ended up trading our 320. Still sounds like NuCamp has issues with keeping dealers and waiting customers informed in a timely manner of build issues and trust they will address those. I would say, BTW, that our 320 was better built than the 400. So far, nothing big on the 400, but the cabinet work on the 320 was better.
    Awesome. Sounds like it's going to be a better fit for you guys. Yeah, the cabinet work is really where most of our issues are. The most major one is going to require me to remove the upper cabinets and hopefully reattach them a bit higher up on the right side to correct a sloping issue.

    Sorry to derail this thread.
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