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- Vessel Name
- Muirgen
- Vessel Make
- 50' Beebe Passagemaker
As part of our boat upgrades for our new to us boat, last Spring, we installed:
The Cerbo GX is wired (-) to a ground bus, and (+) positive through a circuit breaker on the main 12 vdc distribution panel.
All the battery cables are new 4/0 ancor cable, and all bus bars, both (+) and (-) are new.
Issue. I hooked up everything originally, and everything worked perfectly, including bluetooth connectivity, etc . . . for about two weeks.
Edit: Everything else on the entire system works flawlessly, and as designed. We LOVE the batteries, and Solar, and the Quattro 5000 (with it's ability to pass through shore power and supplement load with inverted power from the Lithium batteries) has us rethinking our desire to upgrade to 50amp service (currently have 1 30 amp shore power input)
- 1,200 AH of LiFePO4 batteries
- 6 ea Victron 100/30 MPPT Smart Solar controllers
- 6 ea SilFab-NX-360 solar panels (two more panels will soon be installed)
- Victron Quattro 12/5000, 120v inverter charger
- Victron BMV-712 Smart Battery Monitor
- Victron Cerbo GX
- Victron Touch Screen 50
The Cerbo GX is wired (-) to a ground bus, and (+) positive through a circuit breaker on the main 12 vdc distribution panel.
All the battery cables are new 4/0 ancor cable, and all bus bars, both (+) and (-) are new.
Issue. I hooked up everything originally, and everything worked perfectly, including bluetooth connectivity, etc . . . for about two weeks.
- Then the Cerbo GX stopped working. The slow blow fuse is good. It has power to the fuse, and to the unit, but nothing works. Bluetooth indicator light does not illuminate. Touch Screen 50 no longer has power (supplied through the Cerbo GX), so no longer worked.
- I replaced the Cerbo GX under warranty. At that time the tech suggested that the power supply should run directly to the batteries, not get power from the main distribution panel . . . . I queried him as to why, but he had no explanation. Drawing power directly from the batteries would require a 20' cable run, so I kept the new Cerbo GS connected to the main distribution panel, and it worked for 1 month. By that time we were on our Alaska trip, so I didn't pursue a warranty claim until we returned. We still has bluetooth from the BMV-712, so we could monitor the solar panels and batteries.
- After our return, I contacted the supplier of the Cerbo GX, who sent us a new (third) Cerbo GX. I asked him if they had received any word on what was wrong with the first (failed) unit, but they don't get any feedback unfortunately.
- When I received the THIRD Cerbo GX, I connected it directly to the batteries, and it is apparently DOA. No lights, no worky whatsoever. I was so disgusted, I just gave up on it. That was almost three months ago.
Edit: Everything else on the entire system works flawlessly, and as designed. We LOVE the batteries, and Solar, and the Quattro 5000 (with it's ability to pass through shore power and supplement load with inverted power from the Lithium batteries) has us rethinking our desire to upgrade to 50amp service (currently have 1 30 amp shore power input)
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