Victron Battery Monitor and Orion DC/DC Charger Settings

Victron Battery Monitor Settings

  1. Battery Capacity: Set to the size of your battery bank in Amp Hours
  2. Charge Voltage: 13.8
  3. Tail Current: 3% of Battery Capacity
  4. Peukert Exponent: 1.05 for Lithium leave as is for AGM
  5. Charge Efficiency Factor: 98% for Lithium leave as is for AGM
  6. Discharge Floor: 5% for Lithium, 50% for AGM

Charger Settings

Battery type: Set to the purchased battery type e.g. Lithium, AGM, etc...

Charge Voltage / Absorption Voltage / Equalisation Voltage: Lithium 14.2 V – AGM 14.6 V

Tail Current: 3% of Battery Capacity

Maximum Absorption Time: 1hr for Lithium 8 hrs with AGM (if applicable with charger)

Restart Charge Voltage: Lithium 13.2 V – AGM 12.8 V (if applicable with charger)

Float Voltage: Lithium 13.5 V or disable if possible – AGM 13.2 V

Re-Bulk Offset: 0.3V

Load output: OFF if unused

Important Note for Lithium Batteries

!!!For Lithium disable Equalisation Charge!!! If not possible set Equalisation charge Voltage as low as possible. (If applicable with charger)

For Orion Tr Smart DC/DC charger

Models: BMV-702, BMV-702 Battery Monitor, Battery Monitor, Monitor

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