VE.Bus BMS V2: Advanced Battery Management for Optimal Protection

The VE.Bus BMS V2 stands as a pinnacle of battery management systems, expertly crafted to interface seamlessly with Victron Lithium Battery Smart 12.8V & 25.6V (LiFePO4 or LFP) setups. This system is essential for those utilizing Victron inverters or inverter/chargers equipped with VE.Bus communication, ensuring your energy solutions are both efficient and secure.

Key Features and Functions:

  • Comprehensive Monitoring: Vigilantly monitors Victron Lithium batteries for over voltage, under voltage, and temperature anomalies, safeguarding your power system's integrity.
  • Proactive Alarms and Controls: Initiates a pre-alarm for imminent cell under voltage scenarios, preventing potential damage by disabling inverting in VE.Bus inverters or inverter/chargers and other loads.
  • Charging Regulation: Automatically disables charging through VE.Bus inverters or inverter/chargers and other chargers in response to cell overvoltage or extreme temperature conditions, ensuring your system's longevity.
  • Remote Management: Offers the flexibility to disable VE.Direct and VE.Can solar chargers via a GX device, enhancing control over your energy system.
  • Multi-Device Integration: Facilitates the control of VE.Bus inverter/charger with various devices, including the Digital Multi Control, VE.Bus Smart dongle, and GX devices.
  • Auxiliary Support: Features auxiliary power input and output terminals, allowing a GX device to remain operational during system shutdowns, ensuring continuous monitoring and control.

Unparalleled Cell Protection:

Each Victron LiFePO4 battery cell receives individual attention, protected against over voltage, under voltage, and over temperature. With integrated Balancing, Temperature, and Voltage control (BTV), these batteries connect effortlessly to the VE.Bus BMS, supporting up to a 48V battery bank assembly for expansive energy solutions.

Versatile System Compatibility:

  • Broad Voltage Range: Protects 12V, 24V, and 48V systems with an operating voltage range of 9 to 70V DC, catering to a wide array of power requirements.
  • VE.Bus Integration: Ensures flawless communication with all VE.Bus products, including MultiPlus, Quattro, and Phoenix inverters, via standard RJ45 UTP cables.
  • Flexible Load Management: Utilizes the Load Disconnect output for controlling remote on/off of loads and electronic load switches, enhancing system reliability.
  • Pre-Alarm and Charge Disconnect: Manages imminent risks with pre-alarms and charge disconnect outputs, controlling charger operations and integrating with Cyrix-Li relays for comprehensive system management.

Intuitive LED Indicators:

  • Enabled (Blue): Indicates active VE.Bus product operation.
  • Cell>4V or Temperature (Red): Signals charge disconnect due to cell over voltage or temperature concerns.
  • Cell>2.8V (Blue): Denotes load disconnect output status, ensuring real-time system monitoring.

Include VE.Bus Mains Detector

This system includes the VE.Bus BMS Mains Detector, an essential component for seamless integration, except when used with the MultiPlus-II and Quattro-II and the new style MultiPlus 12/1600/70 and MultiPlus 12/2000/80, where it's not required.

Elevate your energy system with the VE.Bus BMS V2, the ultimate solution for safeguarding and optimizing your Victron Lithium Battery setup. Experience the peace of mind that comes with advanced protection, seamless integration, and comprehensive control of your power storage and management systems.

Victron Energy Limited Warranty Policy


Victron Energy warrants its products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials for a period of 5 years from the date of purchase by the end user, with a maximum of 66 months from the Victron Energy invoice date. Exceptions on this are: lead acid batteries; 2 years from date of purchase by the end user, with a maximum of 30 months from the Victron Energy invoice date, Lithium-ion batteries; 3 years from date of purchase by the end user. In addition to this proof of correct battery usage is required when making a battery warranty claim.


During this period, Victron Energy will, at its option, repair or replace the defective product free of charge. The warranty does not include performing or reimbursing de‐installation, transportation and re‐installation. This warranty will be considered void if the unit has suffered any physical damage or alteration, either internally or externally, and does not cover damages arising from improper use like:
• Reverse of battery polarity.
• Inadequate connection.
• Mechanical shock or deformation.
• Contact with liquid or oxidation by condensation.
• Use in inappropriate environment (dust, corrosive vapor, humidity, high temperature, biological infestation...).
• Breakage or damage due to lightning.
• Connection terminals and screws destroyed or other damages, like overheat, due to insufficient tightening.
• For any electronical breakage except due to lightning (reverse polarity, over‐voltage due to external cause), the state ofthe internal control diode and of the inputs/output X and Y capacitors determine the warranty.


This warranty will not apply where the product has been misused, neglected, improperly installed, or repaired by anyone else than Victron Energy or one of its authorized Qualified Service Partners. In order to qualify for the warranty, the product must not be disassembled or modified.


Repair or replacement are our sole remedies and Victron Energy shall not be liable for damages, whether direct, incidental,special, or consequential, even caused by negligence or fault.


Victron Energy owns all parts removed from repaired products. Victron Energy uses new or reconditioned parts made by various manufacturers in performing warranty repairs and building replacement products. If Victron Energy repairs or replaces a part of a product, its warranty term is not extended. In case of replacement the new component has a warranty of 6 months, without effect on the initial warranty period. All remedies and the measure for damages are limited to the above. Victron Energy shall in no event be liable for consequential, incidental, contingent orspecial damages, even if having been advised of the probability of such damages. Any and all other warranties expressed or implied arising by law, course of dealing, course of performance, usage of trade or otherwise, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited in duration to a period of two (2) years from the date of purchase.


Life Support Policy
As a general policy, Victron Energy, does not recommend the use of any of its products in life support applications where failure or malfunction of the Victron Energy's product can be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life support device or to significantly affect its safety or effectiveness. Victron Energy does not recommend the use of any of its products in direct patient care. Victron Energy will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it receives in writing assurances satisfactory to Victron Energy that the risks of injury or damage have been minimized, the customer assumes all such risks, and the Liability of Victron Energy is adequately protected under the circumstances.


As a product requires service, it must be brought back to the place of purchase. In case no contact can be taken with the merchant, or if he is either unable or not allowed to provide service, direct contact should be taken with Victron Energy.


Warranty on Repairs
The warranty period on products or on printed circuits boards repaired by Victron Energy as well as on printed circuit boards for replacement is 6 months from delivery by Victron Energy.


Transport
It is the responsibility of the sender to sufficiently package these products. The transport must be organized in a way to avoid any damage, especially when a single unit or heavy unit is sent.


Severability
If a part of the terms and conditions set out above is held invalid, void or unenforceable due to any particular national or international legislation, it shall not affect other parts of the terms and conditions remaining.


For Australia only
Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

Specifications

VE.Bus BMS V2 BMS300200200
Input voltage range 9 – 70 VDC
Current draw - regular operation 10 mA (excluding Load disconnect current)
Current draw - low cell voltage 2 mA
Current draw - switched off via remote on/off terminal 1.50 mA
GX-pow output 1 A
Aux-in input 1 A
Load disconnect output Normally high (output voltage ≈ supply voltage – 1 V) Floating when the load needs to be disconnected
Source current limit 1 A
Sink current 0 A
Charge disconnect output Normally high, (output voltage ≈ supply voltage – 1 V) Floating when charger should be disconnected
Source current limit 10 mA
Sink current 0 A
Pre-alarm output current rating 1 A, not short circuit protected
Remote terminals Usage modes to turn the system on or off: a) ON when the L and H terminal are interconnected (switch or relay contact) b) ON when the L terminal is pulled to battery minus (V<3.5 V) c) ON when the H terminal is high (2.9 V < VH < Vbat) d) OFF in all other conditions
VE.Bus communication port 2 x RJ45 sockets to connect to all VE.Bus products
GENERAL  
Operating temperature -20 to +50 °C / 0 – 120 °F
Humidity Max. 95 % (non-condensing)
Protection grade IP20
ENCLOSURE  
Material ABS
Colour Matt black with a blue sticker
Weight 120 gr
Dimensions (h x w x d) 23.8 mm x 94.5 mm x 105.5 mm
STANDARDS  
Safety EN 60950
Emission EN 61000-6-3, EN 55014-1
Immunity EN 61000-6-2, EN 61000-6-1, EN 55014-2
Automotive EN 50498
EXTERNAL AC-DC ADAPTER  
Min. power rating 1 A@12 V - If the nominal output voltage is > battery voltage, the AC-DC adapter takes over the power supply of the GX device.