W-B05 BMS cable fault with Lynx BMS NG and NG Lithium

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I am not sure why you have this fault. What I can tell you is the loop around check does not work with the NG BMS, even if the NG BMS is OK it will error with the loop around. Victron are aware they need to update the manual. You could therefore have an issue in your battery BTV board or the BTV cables or the BMS. I checked the looparound on my BMS as has one other person.

Using the Lynx Smart BMS (NG) without Smart Lithium batteries

Hi there, This post is for the handfull of people who would like to be able to use the features of the Lynx BMS, without necessarily using Victron’s batteries… (Sorry Victron ) For the original series of BMS’s, this was actually really easy. You simply follow the instructions in the manual to debug the BMS system using an extension lead instead of actually connecting a battery, and bang you have yourself a working setup. This allows you to use the BMS as an emergency button (using…