Hi all, I am installing a new inverter system and battery balancer to an existing battery bank. The bank consists of 16 6v L16 batteries for 24v in a marine application. I would like a schematic for using the victron battery balancer and have not had any luck finding one for this setup. It seems to be very similar to a 12v 48v setup with 4 batteries. So to break it down I have 4 6v L16’s making 24v times 4 banks. would I wire this exactly as I would for a 48V setup?
Hello, i would say no : the battery balancer works by comparing 2 12v sources with a common point. Here what would be the result in your case which is a wrong configuration as one battery balancer does not compare anything and has just 12v between 2 pins only. I have read somewhere that 27.3V was triggering the battery balancer On. Below will be off. In such case, you would need a battery balancer 0-6-12 to ‘mime’ the 0-12-24 for 48V, but i doubt it exists. THIS DIAGRAM IS WRONG. Don’t use it. Just an example to explain.
The unit is advertised as up to 18v per battery. So it does not support anything lower than 12v? seems kinda odd. So if thats true, could I tap into each bank at the 12v point to at least get some balancing?