Chat with a Battle Born ProHere, at Battle Born Batteries, we offer a lot of products from Victron. They make high quality products and most of their components are configurable to work with our lithium deep cycle batteries. In this guide we wanted to show all of you how to program a Victron SmartSolar controller.
What you will need to complete this programming –
- At least one 12 volt Battle Born Lithium Deep Cycle Battery or any 12 volt battery
- Small Set of Wiring, one for the positive and negative connection
- Victron Smart Solar 100/30 Solar Charge Controller
- Victron Connect App for Android or Apple
Steps:
1. Download the VictronConnect app onto your phone.
2. Connect the SmartSolar charge controller to the 12-volt battery.
3. Next, search for the controller on the phone app, here is a screen shot to show you what it looks like on an LG G6 Android phone.
4. After you’ve connected to your SmartSolar charge controller, you may get a notification that the firmware needs to be updated. You will need a pin code, the default pin is “000000.”
5. Now you can select the unit and move to the next screen, which is where they ask you to update the firmware, mine asked twice (see below).
- Absorption voltage: 14.6 volts (acceptable range is 14.4 to 14.6 volts)
- Absorption Time: The recommended settings for our lithium batteries is half an hour per 100ah of LiFePO4 battery (for example if you have 2 -100ah batteries select 1 hour).
- Float Voltage: 13.5 volts (13.6 volts or lower is acceptable for LiFePO4 batteries)
- Equalization voltage: 14.4 volts (you do not need to equalize Lithium ion, you will have equalize turned off, but incase it ever runs a cycle the batteries will be fine at this voltage)
- Temperature Compensation: should be disabled on Lithium Deep Cycle batteries because they do not need to be compensated, leave this off.
- Low Temperature cut-off: Our Battle Born Batteries have low temperature charging protection built into the battery, its monitored by our Battery Management system which is also built in. You can leave this off too, some other brands do not protect your battery against damage from low temp charging, we do, we have got you covered.
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After following all of these steps, your new SmartSolar charge controller should be all set up now! Once done, go back to the main screen and click on the floppy disc icon on the top right. It’ll be the first icon on the toolbar. This icon will save your settings, you can name it whatever you’d like, we usually go with “CS1” (Custom Setting 1). Once saved, you can back out of the unit and go back in to make sure the new correct settings have saved properly.
If you have any questions about this Victron Solar Charger controller or any other charge controller, please send us an email [email protected] or give us a call (855) 292-2831. We are more than happy to help you, here at Battle Born Batteries!
Thank you for this info! Its exactly what I needed and was very easy to follow. I just finished installing 4 battle born batteries for my new solar system in my travel trailer. We are so excited to go dry camping! Made a little video as well to hopefully help others with their set up.
Andres and Chelsea,
We are really happy that the guide was easy to follow. We appreciate your comment and if you ever have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. Have a wonderful day!
I just changed over to a 24volt inverter from 12volt…..
So do I just double the settings on my victron 100/30?
Could someone tell me the float,absorption, and equalization volts for a 24 volt victron charge controllers
Eric,
Thanks for the questions, when changing to a 24V system, you are correct everything would double.
Absorption Voltage: 28.8
Float Voltage:27
Absorption time: depends on the number of strings you have in parallel. Essentially 2 batteries would be 30 minutes, 4 batteries would be 1 hour.
Equalization Voltage: Doesn’t matter in this instance because you do not need to equalize lithium ion.
If you have anymore questions, please give us a call, 855-292-2831. Thanks!
I just got my battleborn battery installed with the Victron 100-30 smart controller. I set it to the above recommendations. The battery won’t charge above the 13.6 v float charge, and it only stays in float for 1 minute.
Hi Keith,
I noticed that one step was missing from this write up and that would be to save your settings. Once you input the following settings we provided, go on to the main page and hit the floppy disc icon on the top right. This will allow you to save your new settings, we usually name is CS1 for custom setting 1. But you are welcome to name it whatever you’d like. If this doesn’t help, please consider calling us at 855-292-2831. Thank you!
Hello, Keith,
I am having the same issue. Do you ever figure this out?
Shawn
Hi Shawn, we noticed that one step was missing from this write up and that would be to save your settings. Once you input the following settings we provided, go on to the main page and hit the floppy disc icon on the top right. This will allow you to save your new settings, we usually name is CS1 for custom setting 1. But you are welcome to name it whatever you’d like. If this doesn’t help, please consider calling us at 855-292-2831. Thank you!
Thanks for the response. It seems like the absorption and float settings above should be reversed? I have it set as it’s listed and the batteries won’t charge above 13.59 volts then goes to float mode and cuts the charging watts from the solar panels. I thought your lithium batteries where at full charge @ 14.4 volts? I’m no expert just trying figure this out. Thanks again for your help!
I had a question about the ”Low Temperature Cut-off” setting. Why can’t we go ahead and set this, but at a slightly higher temperature than the BMS is set for as added insurance that the batteries won’t be charged when they are too cold? I’ve invested a lot of money in my batteries and would rather have two safe guards setup to protect against charging cold batteries versus relying on just the BMS to protect the batteries. How can it hurt anything?
Hello Kelvin,
If you would like to use that setting and set it at a higher cut-off that is completely fine. Go ahead and set it to whatever you feel comfortable with.
Thank you!
Am I correct to assume these settings apply for the 100/50 Victron charge controller as well?
Stephen, Yes these settings apply for all solar charge controllers when you have our batteries. Just make sure to change the absorption time depending on you how many you have. For our lithium batteries we recommend 30 min per hour.
Hi, I just purchased two of the 100ah of LiFePO4 battery and a 12 volt system from Victron. When I received the Victron system they shipped temperature sensors with it.
My question is, If we turn off “temperature compensation” why should we install the temperature sensors when using the BMV-701/712.
Hi John,
No need for the temp sensor for compensation as you mentioned, although some customers just like to see the temperature on the battery terminals.
Thanks,
I have a question about the temperature cut-off. I have the Victron Smart Solar 150/35 MPPT controller. In my Victron manual there is a connection sequence that needs to be followed – batteries first, then panels. This leads to the assumption that the controller can be damaged if the controller is receiving power from the panels, while not hooked to a battery. If the BMS shuts off the charging for the batteries, and the controller is not turned off, will this damage the controller?
Hello Josh,
As of yet we havent heard of a controller being damaged by hooking the panels up first or by not having the batteries connected. The internal BMS of our batteries will not shut off the charging unless the internal temperature reaches 24 degrees. We also havent heard of a controller problem when a bms cut-off occurs while solar charging is taking place.
Hope this helps, thank you.
Hi There,could you help me configure the settings on my victron energy mppt 100/30 / 712 battery controller for a 240ah 12v agm battery,many thanks
Hi Robin, thanks for reaching out. Please contact the manufacturer of your battery and they will be more than happy to help.
Could you write a blog article covering the Victron Blue Smart Charger IP65 that you sell? The interface is different, and some settings are in an advanced area and don’t have the choices you’re recommending (specifically absorption time). It would help those of us with this charger get it set up properly versus making assumptions using this Solar Controller blog article. Thanks in advance!
Hi Jill, thank you for the suggestion! Our team is always looking to write blogs that help out our customers, so please be on the lookout for a post about this in the future. If you need any assistance with the settings on your Victron Blue Smart Charger IP65, please feel free to give us a call at 855-292-2831 or email us at [email protected] and one of our sales and tech specialists would be happy to walk you through it.
I have the Victron SmartSolar 100/50 with two of your 100 AH batteries.
I have set the “Maximum Adsorption Time” to 1 hour as recommended in this blog – Adsorption charge voltage is at 14.6v. However, there are two additional adsorption parameters in the latest version of the Victron Connect software: “Adsorption duration” (Adaptive or Fixed) and “Adsorption Tail Current” (default is 2.0A).
What should these parameters be set to?
Thanks.
Richard,
As you mentioned, we recommend 30 minutes of absorption time per battery so for your 200Ah battery bank 1 hour would be correct. For your “Absorption duration” you can set that as fixed and leave the “absorption tail current” as the default 2.0A. If you have any additional questions please give us a call at 855-292-2831.
Thank you!
I am wondering if there’s anything different I should do regarding high temperatures. I live in Arizona and it sometimes gets 110˚ or more, which can mean even hotter in my van. Are there any charging settings I should adjust for summer months, or should I try not to charge them at all when it is that hot? It may charge slower, but is it better for the batteries to charge at lower voltages, say 14.0 volts, when it’s hot out? Any high temperature advice for storage, use, charging, etc. would be helpful. I am trying to take good care of the batteries! Thanks.
Hi Sky! If you give our tech and sales team a call at 855-292-2831 they can help give you great advice when dealing with high temperatures in summer months.