Maybe somebody can help me. I am looking for a way to see dc consumption on the overview graph like I do with solar production. Prior to my rebuild I had an mppt, cerbo gx, and smart shunt that provided solar and consumption data on the over view graph. I upgraded and got the lynx components, only to find out after installation the lynx shunt (aka the worlds most expensive fuse holder) didn’t have near the same functions as the smart shunt. It does not show dc consumption. Reading the manuals and forums, I spend close to 750 dollars in parts and lugs, and an entire day, to install a smart shunt as a dc meter so I could get the consumption data back on the graphs. Surprise, Victron doesn’t provide that even with a measured dc load. Has anybody got a smart shunt setup as a dedicated dc energy meter to show as “consumption” on the overview graph? I can look at it as a custom widget but that provides no insight on the amount of KW dc uses on an hourly or even daily basis.
Currently the lynx shunt is the battery monitor and the smart shunt is the dc meter. I tried to use the smart shunt as the battery monitor (it wouldn’t see some loads) but that didn’t even work as the solar negative was not and cannot go through the smart shunt resulting in dc power of 3000 w (when it should have been 1500 w). If there’s no solution will have to spend another 200 dollars putting the system back the way it was. Dc meter calculation of the lynx shunt vs actual measurement by the smart shunt anre exactly the same. 15 years ago Victron was top of the line now seems they are just barely hanging with a subpar system. Didn’t get the Victron inverters for the upgrade as they are subpar to the other company’s, US based, inverters. If anybody has an idea how to get to to work please let me know.
