I was just about to make a post to say the Cables on these Aili Meters are rediculously short (500mm compared to the 10M or Longer ones on the Victron BMVs).Hi can you supply the extended cable ,
You might want to check the calibration of the meter as well before final installation? remove all loads, remove all charges and make sure the meter is reading ZERO current in or out.Battery monitor received and wired up. Now I need to find a location for the meter and extend the cable to it. Looking good. Even got 0.5 amps from the solar panel on an overcast day in the shade from the sun.
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What can you do if it's out ?.You might want to check the calibration of the meter as well before final installation? remove all loads, remove all charges and make sure the meter is reading ZERO current in or out.
I can't recall, TBH, but I am sure it is possible to recalibrate. There are some setup options in there, such as setting the Shunt size (use the wrong size shunt and the current misreads), battery size, resetting the SOC and I think within that set is calibrate the current. (this is why the Victron BMV-712 is an easier unit to use as there is a setting in the App just for this purpose)What can you do if it's out ?.
The packaging is useful too, I draught proofed my fridge with it!
Ref Solar - exactly so.... As I have tried to say to people - double bugger all is still bugger all.I fitted an aili monitor at the start of summer found it a great way to monitor L battery .now in winter it tells me how poor the solar charge rate is , learnt a lot about how solar performs ,I use a 100w portable in summer and that greatly out performs the 100 w roof panel .now in winter parked at home completely in the shade and thick cloud I get only a few M amps .if I fitted another 100w I would get 2 times a few M amps so no point .the aili tells you what is going all the time , very easy to fit with instructions from utube ,also a battery monitor is essential for lithum .