Thanks for the video! Please do a follow up. It would be great to understand how you set up the stock charger and to get a new range test (incl some stats from the Battery monitor).
Sure - re: the charger - you can change the algorithm to a lithium profile, but you have to buy a $400 dongle to program it. Atlas-Ess does now offer a rental of this dongle. They didn't at the time. What I've been doing is the following. 1) Plug it in - after a while (say 3-4 hours) the charger will time out. 2) Once the time out occurs, I unplug the charger for 10 seconds and plug back in. Each cycle charges the battery up about 15%. When the battery reaches full capacity, the contactors on the battery shut off. I've been told by Robb at Atlas-Ess is that totally fine as the battery is protected. I like the cycling because the charger doesn't get to hot (it doesn't seem to run as hot as it did with the FLA battery anyways). I know of others who use a smart plug and have the smart plug cycle the power every 3-4 hours. I think this has been successful for them. I've considered it, but what's working now is working for me. It's such a big battery, I've only charged it about once a month so far through the winter. Re: some stats from the Battery monitor - I'm using a victron 712. What stats are you looking for? I still feel like I'm optimizing the correct settings for it but can provide details as needed. Let me know.
Very helpful despite the low voice due to your cold. Is your Polaris still running as expected? I will be pulling my lead acid batteries today and replacing with the Big Battery Husky model (lithium).
Did you go with big battery huskey? I really don’t think that battery has the capability of discharging enough amperage for your controller. I think you will be tripping ( AKA shutting down ) your BMS pretty frequently. Which means you will be resetting your battery every time this happens.
If you aren't pushing the batteries too hard, you might be okay with the Husky. I know some folks use the EAGL batteries. When I was looking at Big Battery as an option, their EAGL batteries tripled in price in Canada in the course of two weeks. Immediately, became not worth it for me here for what it is. @tmpopson1 would like to know how your experience is with the Husky.
@@lifewiththehamptons2191 The Husky Batteries (2) work great. No shutting down and I've only charge about 1 time per month. I usually wait til I get to 30 or 40 percent before charging. Going to look into the larger batteries for my house. I already have solar panels.
Thanks for the video! Please do a follow up. It would be great to understand how you set up the stock charger and to get a new range test (incl some stats from the Battery monitor).
Sure - re: the charger - you can change the algorithm to a lithium profile, but you have to buy a $400 dongle to program it. Atlas-Ess does now offer a rental of this dongle. They didn't at the time. What I've been doing is the following. 1) Plug it in - after a while (say 3-4 hours) the charger will time out. 2) Once the time out occurs, I unplug the charger for 10 seconds and plug back in. Each cycle charges the battery up about 15%. When the battery reaches full capacity, the contactors on the battery shut off. I've been told by Robb at Atlas-Ess is that totally fine as the battery is protected. I like the cycling because the charger doesn't get to hot (it doesn't seem to run as hot as it did with the FLA battery anyways).
I know of others who use a smart plug and have the smart plug cycle the power every 3-4 hours. I think this has been successful for them. I've considered it, but what's working now is working for me. It's such a big battery, I've only charged it about once a month so far through the winter.
Re: some stats from the Battery monitor - I'm using a victron 712. What stats are you looking for? I still feel like I'm optimizing the correct settings for it but can provide details as needed. Let me know.
Range test video is up - ua-cam.com/video/ne3paf0gCbY/v-deo.html
@@rivmountmedia Thanks! Will have a look when I get some spare time 👍
Very helpful despite the low voice due to your cold. Is your Polaris still running as expected? I will be pulling my lead acid batteries today and replacing with the Big Battery Husky model (lithium).
Did you go with big battery huskey?
I really don’t think that battery has the capability of discharging enough amperage for your controller.
I think you will be tripping ( AKA shutting down ) your BMS pretty frequently. Which means you will be resetting your battery every time this happens.
Polaris is still running as expected. Recently just posted a Trail riding video - range test.
ua-cam.com/video/ne3paf0gCbY/v-deo.html
If you aren't pushing the batteries too hard, you might be okay with the Husky. I know some folks use the EAGL batteries. When I was looking at Big Battery as an option, their EAGL batteries tripled in price in Canada in the course of two weeks. Immediately, became not worth it for me here for what it is. @tmpopson1 would like to know how your experience is with the Husky.
@@lifewiththehamptons2191 The Husky Batteries (2) work great. No shutting down and I've only charge about 1 time per month. I usually wait til I get to 30 or 40 percent before charging. Going to look into the larger batteries for my house. I already have solar panels.
also keen to know what range you get when finished mate
You bet - snow is starting to melt here, so planning on getting it out in a month or so.
Video is up and processing - ua-cam.com/video/ne3paf0gCbY/v-deo.html