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Anyone have any trouble getting this to pair with your Victron controller?
A couple of years ago I switched to a lithium battery and added a Victron Smart Battery Sense as a low temperature protection. At that time the physical installation was easy but the programming and bluetooth pairing was confusing and frustrating. The Battery Sense and the controller would pair and then disconnect at random times. It seemed like this system needed the stars and moon to be aligned to get it to work.
My controller is the 100/20 Smart Solar and the Battery Sense is the black one which had an advertised bluetooth range of 3 meters. My battery is located under the truck about 1 meter below the controller which is well within the advertised bluetooth range but has the sheetmetal truck bed and camper floor pack to penetrate. What was confusing was that my I-phone sitting next to the controller would pair with the Smart Sense while the controller didn't see it.
My recent research on this problem revealed that the black Smart Battery Sense got bad reviews because of its poor bluetooth range so Victron has come out with a new long range model with a 10 meter range. This new long range model still gets a few bad reviews so I'm wondering if anyone in this group has any experience.
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A couple of years ago I switched to a lithium battery and added a Victron Smart Battery Sense as a low temperature protection. At that time the physical installation was easy but the programming and bluetooth pairing was confusing and frustrating. The Battery Sense and the controller would pair and then disconnect at random times. It seemed like this system needed the stars and moon to be aligned to get it to work.
My controller is the 100/20 Smart Solar and the Battery Sense is the black one which had an advertised bluetooth range of 3 meters. My battery is located under the truck about 1 meter below the controller which is well within the advertised bluetooth range but has the sheetmetal truck bed and camper floor pack to penetrate. What was confusing was that my I-phone sitting next to the controller would pair with the Smart Sense while the controller didn't see it.
My recent research on this problem revealed that the black Smart Battery Sense got bad reviews because of its poor bluetooth range so Victron has come out with a new long range model with a 10 meter range. This new long range model still gets a few bad reviews so I'm wondering if anyone in this group has any experience.
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