Battery Protect 12/24 65amp

Have a battery Protect on a bus.

Unit located in roof with AC equipment. This has a 16mm cable from battery direct.

Incoming supply runs to a 40amp fuse, then steps down to 20amp for our fuse.

From this 20amp it has a 20cm lead on the battery Protect, from here it feeds a 4G router and a 12v/48v converter for a Starlink.

There is a dedicated negative from the battery to roof, where we have bonded a 20cm back to the battery Protect and just have a simple lug to connect all negatives together.

The protect switches from activated to attempting to activate. It constantly does this.

It randomly does switch on, but not reliable.

Low voltage disconnect set at 12.2 and switch on at 12.6

Running the vehicle does not help and I have the same when it is off. Running voltage is 14.6

I do not get any errors, the only thing I do notice is where there is normally a number, there is a small . In one corner, sometimes a number is displayed.

I have 2 units on 2 buses doing exact same, brand new, fresh install.

What have I done wrong…

Little side note. I have created this equipment setup in my truck for around 6 weeks and had no issues. The only difference being that the battery Protect was around 30cm from the battery.

This your ac United you put a router in it ? Thats a bad idea. Look into the manual of the smart battery protect and there will be condense water in the ac unit and it will be hot in there.

It was kind of a needs must. It’s an 15 week trial, the inside is full cladded and glued. There is a separate radiator which is separated by panelling and push tight seals.

It’s not the ideal circumstance, but currently it’s all a mute point, with the battery connect doing it’s current behaviour, nothing works….

Also, that section is airflow return from the bus, with air being pulled through the heat exchange into a fan and back into the bus. So in theory, it’s only going to get as hot as inside the bus. Worst thing would be humidity. But the existing electronics show no signs of corrosion.