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How do i balance/ equalise my batteries

I have 6 parallel wired Rahvolt 7kwh batteries, they have rgb led lights on them, indicating the soc, (white 100% cyan 75%, green 50%, blue 20% , red under 15%)

While 4 batteries are green, one is cyan and the other is blue, so this clearly shows that the batteries are not all equal soc. I was hoping they would balance out after being connected in parallel for over a week, but this has not happened (more than likely because the soc curve os so flat on lifepo4 batteries.

I am assuming the cells in each bank are balanced by the bms, but how to I balance the bank of 6 batteries?

I only get a combined soc reading1000037495.jpg on the vrm

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Justin Cook answered ·

I would start by contacting the battery manufacturer for their recommendations/suggestions. Rahvolt isn't a Victron-known/compatible/supported brand so there's probably a limited amount of advice any of us in the Victron world could offer.

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mfred68 avatar image mfred68 commented ·
Hmm, I did email Rahvol support, but they have not replied, and probably never will as they are in China.

My batteries are showing up as Pylontech in the vrm, so perhaps I could follow the Pylontech procedure? What ever that is, any help?

I was thinking of charging them individually to the point when the bms switches off from over charging, do each battery at a time, 6 in total, then once they are all fully charged, turn them all on at the same time in parallel. Could that work?

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