Victron 150/35, Outback

Doin it

Doin it

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Can it produce a charge of 64v?
Can I use an iPad to setup-adjust the victrons settings?
 
I only use either the 150/100 or 250/100 - both have a maximum charge voltage of 64v, and are fully configurable via an Andriod/IoS app.

Unless you are building a small system I'm unsure why you'd pick acharger such as the 35, which has a relatively low output.
 
My array atm is 66v 30amp.. to charge a 60v (nominal) battery I have to rewire panels to 99v 20amps, so yeah might be a relatively small setup to some ppl.. would u think all the victrons supply the 64v?
 
Doinit said:
My array atm is 66v 30amp.. to charge a 60v (nominal) battery I have to rewire panels to 99v 20amps, so yeah might be a relatively small setup to some ppl.. would u think all the victrons supply the 64v?
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No, not all Victron chargers will charge to 64v.
 
Theres this victron simulator thing that u can test to see how to set it up.. ppl said on there that the voltages can be set as high as 65 I think.. But its just some kind of simulator.
Sean how how many amps do u charge your batteries with?
 
The system that I post most images of, which has both AC and DC coupled charging, occasionally sees in excess of 175A of charge current, and regularly over 150A.
 
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Theres what one individual said about the demo (simulator mode as I called it)..
In the other pics for absorption voltage it says 57,6v (adjustable),, Is it saying that the absorption voltage can be adjusted by 6v from the default 57v?
 
Anyone know? I downloaded the demo app that lets u select- configure- change any of victrons products settings.. it allowed the absorption to be set as high as 69.56v for the 150/35 and 150/45. I wonder how accurate the demo is to the voltages the actual product will produce
 
Just email Victron. They are super helpful. They usually respond within a business day. I have contacted them several times and every time I would recommend their support. I have a few small victron mppt, a small 1200va inverter and some other misc parts. Really like their stuff. I'm actually planning to buy the 150/35 to charge a small 48v (15s) system I'm putting together for the garage.
 
Doinit said:
I wonder how accurate the demo is to the voltages the actual product will produce
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Hm I would imagine that the demo software is like test driving a car and asking the salesperson if the RPM and Speedometer are accurate.
I would imagineif the demo software for that particular model allows you to adjust the system to the parameters you are looking for then the real thing will do the same.

Just saying and also my experience with demo software. The manufacturer wouldn't want to put out "fake" demo software it would just bite them in the ass in the long run.
Wolf
 
Hey wolf, yeah only reason I question the 69v max it allows for absorption in the demo is cuz Sean (above) was saying his victron charges to max of 64v, or maybe I misunderstood and he just meant he could set it to 64v to charge his 16s packs.. I guess Ill contact victron..
Did u see that I got an iotawatt and I did testing with it compared to electric company that proves 240v supply from gtil2s does not backfeed?
 
The manual for the 150/35 shows a default equalization voltage of 64.8v which is adjustable. I suspect it should be able to get here.

My friend had one in use with a 15s setup, I will try and get him to confirm.
 
@Doin it

Confirmed... the 150/35 can be set to a maximum of 69.56 volts for the DC battery side.
 
Thx crimp for verifying. Whats the max volts the 150/35 will actually charge to.. doubt itll charge to 69.. probably tops out at 64v like Sean said his higher amperage cc
 
Hey folks. I learned that the Victron 150/35 is 48v and about 1/2 the $ of a midnite solar and has USB direct for connection to a PC and has software. All good so far as this would be adequate for a 900w (3 panel) subsystem I plan to put on my gazebo to be hooked into my 48v battery bank.

My goal is to be able to retrieve basic stats (volts, watts) at least once every 5 minutes thru custom software - so I can add these values to my database of other values. For example, with my Midnite Solars I use PHP to do modbus queries to retrieve info from registers in the device. For Batrium, I parse the status files automatically written to the hard disk every 5 minutes.

Does the Victron PC software produce a log file that is updated automatically? or is there modbus register specs/examples? I have some ability, but don't want to go to the level of Adruino or anything that complicated.
 
Doinit said:
Thx crimp for verifying. Whats the max volts the 150/35 will actually charge to.. doubt itll charge to 69.. probably tops out at 64v like Sean said his higher amperage cc
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I don't see why it wouldn't... as long as you have a PV voltage greater than your battery voltage as it's a buck only MPPT.

PV voltage needs to be 5 volts higher than battery to start charging. Considering this units supports a PV voltage as high as 150, I suspect it's a non issue.

I would test it butI run a 15s setup, time permitting ill see if I can rig up a 17s pack and actuallycharge at that voltage but I won't happen anytime soon.
 
Would this charge controller do well for charging lithium.. it says it has bulk, absorption and float..
Which of those modes are needed for charging lithium.. I believe Im supposed to set float voltage just under absorption for lithium.. for some reason tho I thought float wasnt needed for lithium.. or one of the charging modes werent needed for lithium? lifepo gets charged differently I guess but Im not getting lifepo
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Were these the older versions of the midnites?
 
I have never used the Midnite units... I wanted one for the longest time, like the MPPT KID, but after I learned about the Victron Smart units I basically use that exclusively now and I think they are great units. That said, both should be do lithium just fine.

The Victron units have 100% user defined settings which was a big selling point for me.

For lithium, as long as you can disable equalization and temperature compensation as those are more for lead, you should be good to go. I set absorption as my max charge voltage, and just under that because really you don't need to float lithium cells. You don't have to worry about chemistry or the pre-set options for it because you can just customize all the parameters likecharge voltages to make sense for your battery setup.

I manage my entire Victron controller from my iPhone/iPad, nice user interface and good trending / logging of data.
 
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