3.4.3. Auxiliary connection for temperature monitoring
The Aux terminal can be used to monitor the temperature of a battery via the (not included)
Temperature sensor for BMV-712
. This temperature sensor needs to be purchased separately. Be aware that this is a different different
temperature sensor than the temperature sensors that are included with Victron inverter/chargers and some battery chargers.
Temperature sensor for battery monitor
Note that if the temperature sensor is used, the two red cables with fuse that came with the battery monitor
are not needed. The temperature sensor will replace these cables.
Connections procedure:
• Connect the ferrule pin of the black temperature sensor wire by pushing the ferule pin into the Aux terminal.
• Connect the ferrule pin of the red wire cable by pushing the ferule pin into to the Vbatt + terminal.
• Connect the M10 cable lug of the temperature sensor to the positive battery terminal.
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3.5. GX device connection
, the battery monitor can be connected to the GX device via a
.
Once connected, the GX device can be used to read out all monitored battery parameters. For more information see chapter
Connecting to a GX device and VRM [16]
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