Do I need multiple Smart Battery Sense’s for multiple batteries?

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richardp asked Sep 30, '19

Do I need multiple Smart Battery Sense’s for multiple batteries?

Good afternoon all, I am planning a van setup and I am roughly following the Victron diagram for building my shopping list - leaving out what isn't necessary for myself.

https://community.victronenergy.com/storage/attachments/2523-van-multiplus.png

I intend to have the following hardware in my setup:

2 x 150ah smart lithium's

1x Multiplus 12/800/35

1x Smart Solar 100/30

1x BMV 712 smart battery monitor

I have a question that I am struggling to find the information for:

I can see on the diagram that there is a 'Smart Battery Sense' on the battery.. So I am presuming that I will need one for each battery in my bank?

Many thanks for the help,

Richard.

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Answer 1 · 2019-09-30T13:26:31Z

JohnC answered · Sep 30, 2019 at 01:26 PM

Hi Richard. If you zoom in deeper to your link you might spot that batt isn't a 'smart' model.

Your shopping list seems good if that's what you desire. No reason you couldn't add kit later if you need either.

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richardp commented · Sep 30, 2019 at 02:58 PM

Thank you John. I didn't notice that detail.

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