Hi, I have a discrepancy on the state of charge for by house battery. I have an auxillary lithium battery set-up in my 4wd vehicle. This is charged through a victron DC to DC charger. But when I check the my SmartBMV states the charge is 42%, whereas the blue connection directly to the battery states 97%. Recently charged my battery using a Victron charger, since it was low due to not using the vehicle. Any idea why there is such a difference.
In most cases the reason is wrong installation or wrong settings of the shunt.
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From my experience it could be due to difference of sensitivity to low currents: many battery BMS ignore small discharges (or charges). Victron BMV or Smart Shunt units are way more precise in such situations, so their SOC percentage reading is closer to real.
So, in case of long “sleep”, the battery could think there is no discharge at all, but Victron BMV will register system’s small self consumption, lowering SOC accordingly.
If possible, place light load (say 0.2-0.5 A) on the system and take a look at both readings - one from battery by bluetooth, second from Victron BMV - You could be surprised.