Victron Monitor and Victron Solar Charge Controller

 Following up on the last post I completed the monitor install.  My first attempt at reading the output off my phone failed but when erased the Victron app and re-installed it everything worked.  That was two weeks ago.  Today I took out the out $40 solar charger (which had worked well) and put in the new Victron 75/15 which like the monitor communicates with my phone.  Voila, worked right away and to my surprise my solar array (150 watts ) was putting out 20.20 volts.  I'll follow it and put some of the stats on here.  

The only remaining issue is connecting the starter battery (as opposed to the house batteries) to the  monitor so that I can get a readout from it as well.  Easy job.  I'll take some pics and show details.

Victron Monitoring

I finally finished the installation of my Victron BMV 712 battery monitor.  The unit consists of two main parts.  There is a 2" round display and a 500 amp shunt.  I put the display to the right of the main panel door and the shunt is next to the house batteries.  

I have made some wiring changes and now all loads in the boat run through the negative side of the batteries through which the shunt measures flow.  By directing all loads through the shunt the monitor can accurately assess the flow of current in and out.

August 5/23

 Just a mid-summer update.  All is well with the boat.  I have updated some electronic equipment that I will discuss soon.  

A few weeks ago another sailor and I took the boat out so he could see how it performed compared to his.  We ended up sailing her extremely hard and all went well.  I think he was quite impressed.

Yesterday Mary and I went out in light air and then got caught in a significant wind change that resulted in our pushing the boat to her limit with full sail.  As usual she acquitted herself well and while we were quite tired after 4 hours on the water we were content that we had done well.

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