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Does anyone know if there is a comparison paper or chart for the BMV lineup? After getting the Raspberry Pi working with my current Victron Controllers I am considering switching from a Bogart Trimetric to the BMV to have that info included in VRM too. I guess hearing that should make Victron happy...
-Bill
BMV-712 have Bluetooth
BMV-712 draws much less current than the other two: <1mA vs <4mA
BMV-712 have a slightly lower maximum input voltage than the other two: 70V vs 95V
Thats it indeed; besides drawing less current by itself; there is the bistable relay; as pointed out by @Boekel.
There is this:
https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-BMV-700-series-EN.pdf
https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-BMV-712-Smart-EN.pdf
Usually for me the 700 is enough, but if you want temperature or midpoint / second battery voltage then one of the higher numbers are useful.
Thanks I had seen those pdf's. I could see no difference between the 702 and the 712. I am assuming there is something as they have different costs. Does the 712 only add internal Bluetooth? Anything else? Thanks Again, Bill
Thanks! There is one other thing that the doc's seem to imply that I am wondering if I am getting it straight. The way they word it, the 702 & 712 can only do one of these two options. They can either monitor another battery, such as chassis OR they can monitor temperature but not both. Is that correct? I would like to do both the Chassis battery voltage info and the house battery temperature info sharing/monitoring,
I own a SBS, but I am reading that once a BMV is in play the SBS won't work as only the BMV can provide that to the controllers once that is on the system.
Let me know -Bill
