Victron bmv 600s amps

[andyjanet]

Our victron shows amps as charge in or charge out like this morning is it just a case of doing the wiv vir conversion cus you lot are all talking about watts going into their batteries and I don’t have them so therefore yesterday lunch it was putting 11amps in so 11x12 =132watts

 

[nabsim]

does it not scroll through amps, watts, volts Andy?

edit: sorry i see its a battery monitor rather than solar

 

[wildebus]

Our victron shows amps as charge in or charge out like this morning is it just a case of doing the wiv vir conversion cus you lot are all talking about watts going into their batteries and I don’t have them so therefore yesterday lunch it was putting 11amps in so 11x12 =132watts

to get the actual number you need to note the voltage of the battery, not just use the nominal 12V. so it would be 11 (A) x something like 12.6 (V) for example - so that would be 5% more .
All the BMVs show the NET value as well - so if it is showing 11A going in and you are actually using say 2A on something in your Motorhome, you are actually putting in 13A (13A in, 2A out = 11A net). So again, more power from your Solar (around 8% more or so).

Maybe pedantry there to some, but if you are trying to work out what the solar is doing, you need to bear these things in mind

 

[Okta]

My Victron BMV 700 shows Watts as well as Amps but as @wildebus says it is net and not necessarily what is being produced by solar.