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Orion Tr Smart 12/12-30 reports wrong state via VictronConnect

This one is a bit puzzling: we have a 30A isolated Orion Tr Smart DC-DC charger wired to charge our LiFePO4 house bank from our 80A alternator.

The Orion is configured with engine shutdown detection, and gets enabled by the ignition key wired to the remote shutdown. There is a SmartShunt between the Orion and our house bank to record power generation (configured as DC meter).

Today we finally had the chance to give this setup a spin, and seems to work great. We drew the house bank down to about 70% SoC, and then went running the engine at cruise speed for a bit over an hour. We’re getting something around 20A constantly from the DC-DC (as reported by the SmartShunt).

However, what was confusing was that, when connecting to the Orion with VictronConnect, this is what it showed:

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Ideas what could be causing this?

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henri-bergius avatar image henri-bergius commented ·
We did a two hour test run yesterday. Exactly same results: battery charging as expected, but Orion claims in VictronConnect to be ​ off​​​​
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klim8skeptic answered ·

You have configured your Smart Shunt as an energy meter?

What device is giving you Soc readings for your battery??

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I have two SmartShunts: one monitoring the battery bank, and another configured as a DC meter connected just to the Orion.


Other charge sources (two solar charge controllers and a multiplus) report directly to the Cerbo, but Orion sadly can’t.
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marinepower answered ·

I have a similar - but not identical issue. See my post here.

There is something very wrong going on with these DC-DC chargers.

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/119984/victron-orion-tr-smart-dc-dc-1212-non-isolated-con.html

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