12/16/2023 0 Comments Victron bmv 712 app![]() I’m not happy with this result, but it’s good enough for now. ![]() Just cut the existing a bit and try to cover as much as possible. A new custom panel, this is what I really want to do. A new black plate on front to cover all of the holes. It left behind a number of empty holes.Ī few options came to mind. We already had an older power monitoring solution that I removed from our panel. It connected right away, I updated the AH rating of the house bank and that was it. You can setup through the BMV-712 but the manual suggests using the Victron Connect app. Ran the +B2 red wire to the positive of the starter battery. Ran the +B1 red wire to the positive of one of the house batteries. Here’s the pile of zip ties I had to replace!Īt the battery side, I just replaced the existing shunt with the new one. The connection to the BMV-712 is just as easy as plugging in a telephone and done.īring lots of zip ties! It’s good to keep things strapped down to reduce the chance of things being chaffed and wearing through. See the update 2018 section of this post where I had to remove this before to access the pipes from our head.įinally we could see the light, from our lantern, in behind the electrical panel. It needs to be zip tied like all the other wires. Then follow a path along the side of the boat under the starboard toerail.īut it would be too simple to just shoot the wires all the way down to the electrical panel. Wires run up the wall and hidden along the edge. These feed up through a small hole by the diesel fuel filter in the starboard lazarette. ![]() Still following red and black wires at top right of pic. Next stop is under the access panel in the wet locker beside the shower. There are zip ties everywhere! Following bundle of red and black wires at back. ![]() I placed a battery operated lantern back there to help light the way. Owen had a great suggestion, cover the plug with painters tape to keep it clean. The end of the UTP cable has a telephone jack like connector so it’s not the easiest thing to squish through the boat. The shunt is mounted on the battery box, one end of the UTP cable is taped down and the rest of the line is fed along the bundled wires along the stern side of the engine bay. The path from the battery compartment to the panel is a long journey with many stops. This was the most painful part and I was lucky Owen agreed to help me out, it is a two person job. old and new shunt Running the BMV-712 UTP Cable And I admit, I cheated, I had an older battery monitoring system with a shunt that I just replaced. This project was daunting to me until I realized all I’m doing is modifying the negative side of the system. Our system is very similar to below, except we have two house batteries in parallel on the left. The shunt is being installed next to our batteries near the engine. The battery monitor is being installed on our electrical panel in the main cabin. ![]() Other than running the wire from the batteries to the panel, it is a really easy install. We want to be able to keep better track of the power going in and out of our batteries when we are out cruising and heard good things about the Victron Smart Battery Monitor BMV-712. ![]()
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