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Victron BMV 600s



Victron BMV 600s
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£148.80
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Victron BMV600 S battery monitor

This gauge is a very capable and technically advanced piece of equipment, but rather than baffle you with science the main functionality of it is as follows:
  • The BMV600 connects to the negative of the battery (or battery bank) that you want to monitor via a "shunt". This is a component that has a known resistance and therefore if you know the voltage passing across it you can also calculate the current passing across it. This is the very basis of measuring the state of charge of a battery bank. 
  • The gauge itself takes a very small amount of electricity to run, this power is supplied by a connection from the battery (or battery bank) positive to the shunt, the shunt is then connected to the monitor via a data cable.
  • You can tell the monitor what type of batteries you have, and how many, this effectively calibrates the system (put in simplistic terms)
  • Now the monitor knows how big the system is (in A/hrs) it can then use the shunt to count power (A/hrs) usage and charge into and out of the system and display accurately what the state of charge is of your battery (or battery bank) 
This compact gauge offers the following functionality for a single battery bank:
  • Battery Voltage
  • Current (value of charge or discharge)
  • Consumed energy (how many amp hours have been taken out of the bank)
  • State of Charge (a percentage readout of how fully charged the battery bank is)
The kit contains the following:
  • Victron BMV600s Battery monitor / gauge
  • Square bezel for mounting purposes (the gauge can be mounted without)
  • Shunt
  • 10m UTP cable
  • 2m battery cable and fuse
The wiring on these is pretty simple, but for those unfamiliar with such items it may be hard to visualise; therefore we have included the manuals on this page for further information:

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We have had a couple of small issues uploading the full manual to our website, therefore please feel free to email us and we will happily send you a PDF version.








Last Updated: Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:25

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