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Marco Nijholt asked

Can I parrallel the the 25.6/200 with 25.6/200-a?

So, when looking through the community, I see a couple of posts regarding this question. However, with mixed responses.

I have an existing battery bank with 3 sets of 2 (48v) with the BAT524120410 (old revision).

I want to expand this to the maximum allowed by the BMS (5 sets in parallel). The new revision seems to be the one that's the best available for purchase (also it's lighter). Can I expand my existing 3 sets of 2, by adding another 2 sets of 2 of the new revision?


The conflicted answers came from

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/102358/mixing-different-revisions-of-the-24v200ah-smart-b.html

Where someone (non-expert) mentioned, a sales rep told them it's fine.

Here, an "expert answer" said it's probably not possible.

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/120459/can-you-use-smart-lithium-200-and-200a-in-parallel.html


Before I buy these (unfortunately overpriced) batteries, I'd like to know for sure I'm not going to run into issues.


Additionally, from my understanding the limit of maximum 5 sets of batteries is caused by the BMS cable signal strength, is there anyway to create a bigger battery bank? Does the Cerbo GX support multiple Smart BMS so I can multiple banks?


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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

@Marco Nijholt

Yes, you can. Victron has now confirmed this and included it in its manual accordingly. See https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/Lithium_Battery_Smart/en/installation.html#UUID-b3a1df85-3485-0123-e6ed-979226584cf1

I deleted my answer in the other thread.

Hope this helps.

And for the second part of your question: No, you can have only one Lynx Smart BMS per system.

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Marco Nijholt avatar image Marco Nijholt commented ·
Thank you for the clarification!


Do you happen to know how one would expand beyond the 5 parallel battery limit?

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Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) avatar image Stefanie (Victron Energy Staff) ♦♦ Marco Nijholt commented ·
I added that that to my answer above.
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