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Which charger will talk to a cerbo gx?

Hi all,

Looking for a charger that

- will talk to a cerbo gx and accept commands to throttle down/stop charge

- failing that one that will take voltage from a BMV and can completely stop charging at a certain voltage

- is 110v

- not really bothered about a small charge amount, even 30amps would probably be fine. Most important to me is the ability of the cerbo to control it.


Thanks! (Also please don't suggest a multiplus, it won't really work for me)

Phoenix Smart Charger ip43
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shaneyake avatar image shaneyake commented ·
What is your battery voltage?


Can you elaborate on why a multiplus won't work?

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Paul B answered ·

All the Victron Chargers that Have Canbus ie Skyla-I range and Skylla IP65 - look on there data sheets If they have CanBus or VE.bus or VE.direct then they can connect to the cerbo or any GX unit for that matter

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shaneyake avatar image shaneyake commented ·

Skyla-I is only for 24V. So the only option is Skylla IP65 or multiplus.

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alctel answered ·

Thanks Paul - so it looks like my only option for a charger that talks the the cerbo is the Skyla? Which is really overkill. That's disappointing.

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alctel answered ·

Hang on - the Phoenix Smart IP43 Charger has a VE.Direct port - that would work, right? Has anyone done this?

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shaneyake avatar image shaneyake commented ·
This does look like it would work.

I haven't used the Phoenix Smart tho.

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shawnkaplan answered ·

I'm trying to figure out the same thing. seems Victron really tries to drive us to the charger/inverter combo. i already have an inverter so was hoping not to tear it out.


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