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BMV-712 with VSR and starter battery

Hi

I have solar panels charging my ‘house’ battery with BlueSmart controller. I also have a ‘start’ battery connected to the system with a bi-directional VSR. Everything seems to be working ok. As I understand it, VSR combines batteries when either battery reaches 13.7v and disconnects at 12.8v. Solar prioritises ’house’ and alternator prioritises ‘start’ as I would want. My BMV is monitoring ‘house’ including temperature.

My question is whether I need to change my BMV or SmartSolar settings in any way to account for the ‘start’ battery. Both AGM with identical charge voltages, but very different capacities 125Ah vs 26Ah. At that moment I’ve based all settings on just the ‘house’ as if ‘start’ didn’t exist.

Thanks,

Mark

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