[image] The Dess software for some reason does not seem to stop the balancing feature. Is there a specific reason for this? [image] What are the requirements for Victron to release this again and to start using the battery on trade mode again?

I don’t think this was a schedule-thing. Just checked your system, and it reported DESS to be disabled until 30 minutes ago and for the past 30 hours. Then, normal ESS-behaviour applies. Do have configured ESS as “Keep Batteries charged”?

Yes it was a scheduled act, 2 days ago we got our first message that battery balancing from DESS was scheduled. As 2 days ago it wasn’t able to get the batteries to fully charge till 100% it delayed it until yesterday. edit: When I’m currently looking at my VRM I also can’t see the notification any…

[image] As you can see I have not changed the DESS settings at 30 hours ago. This should have been at approximately 9AM. This is when the DESS activated the Battery balancing feature based on the given interval. For some reason this Battery balancing feature did not meet certain requirements for t…

Same here, looks like a bug in beta firmware for me.

This happend during balancing schedule. [image]

DESS tries to keep the SOC at >= 99% for 3 consecutive hours to consider it “successfull balancing”. I can see your actual soc dropping way bellow this 99% every now and then. So, that always interrupts the balancing process. I have no idea, how long DESS will try to achieve balancing, it is a mat…

Hi, i am using two Dowell iPack 3.3, DVCC on and no voltage limit. After disabling DESS everything worked as expected, without DESS i have no problem to keep 100% for hours.

Hmm, when DESS is trying to balance the batteries, it should always apply a charge to keep them at 100%. Your graph looks like it sometimes drops down to 96%… If you could share your site id (the numeric one in the vrm url) I can review if there is a relation to dess about this or not. Does your s…

Sure, ID is 503553. I am not aware of any peak shaving config, sorry. Thanks for your help. Are you aware of current issues with price forecast? The data for tomorrow is not valid. DE/Tibber.

Thx, will have a look later. Hmm, also using Tibber/DE, my prices look correct.

Victron Keeps battery charged to balance for 24 hours

Q&A and troubleshooting DESS

chris1274 (Christian Deuerlein) 10 June 2025 17:34 12

Thanks, my current view of tomorrow:

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Victron Keeps battery charged to balance for 24 hours

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