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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)
Can you elaborate on why a multiplus won't work?
Multiplex won't work for several reasons
- I used a dual bus system with a battery protect as both a HVC and LVC and I can't use those with the multiplus attached to one of the buses
- from the sounds of it you can't pass through AC without having the charger on, which I don't want - I prefer to let my lifepo4 batts cycle on my solar, only charging before I leave the dock
- I also don't like the fact that if it breaks then you lose all AC
- space wise it's hard to fit in my compartment compared to two smaller devices
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
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.
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.
