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Solar controller with 96v output?

Hello, I am putting a 96v EV motor on a sailboat. I need to run the motor at 96v. I will have 2kw of solar panels on the boat and would like to have the solar controller output 96v and not 24 or 48. Does anyone know how I could achieve this with Victron?

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Dennis

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Bruce A. answered ·

Hi Dennis,
You haven't mentioned a battery. If you are not planning to use one, then do not use a solar charge controller (SCC), because as the name implies, an SCC is designed to control the charging of a battery, and it is very unlikely to do a good job of running a motor directly.
Please clarify whether you intend to use a 96V battery.

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Hi Bruce. Thanks for your reply. I will be using a battery. Details above in my comment.

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Guy Stewart (Victron Community Manager) answered ·

Victron does not make a 96V charger.

You could achieve a similar result with 2 charge controllers each set to 48V, their own PV array, and connected to half the battery bank each (48V).

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Hi guy. I am back to find a solution for reliability since the 96v make sky blue one has crapped out.


I can understand splitting the pack, but how then to wire the two in series to boost back up to 96v. I also do believe this will cause some issues with the dilithium BMS from Thunderstruck ev.


Would love to find a solution.

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zzzdgr answered ·

Hello. The battery will be made up of prismatic lifepo4 3.2v 200ah. I will put 2p 30s to achieve the 96v. I will use a thunderstruck bms https://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/bms/

I will have a 96v to 220 inverter and...

96v to 24v dc to dc converter.


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janik answered ·

Did you find a solution? I want to charge the 96V battery of my electric car

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zzzdgr avatar image zzzdgr commented ·
Hello. Not yet but I a back on it. I need to find a reliable charging solution for the boat. Did you come up with anything possible from victron?
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