Victron Battery Alarm GX
- Brand:
- Victron Energy
- Part no:
- BPA000100010R
Where to buy
The Victron Energy Battery Alarm GX is a small, low-cost alarm panel that monitors a battery bank. It gives both audible and visual alarms. Its output contact is potential free, wired as normally open and normally closed. Alarm thresholds and hysteresis are set with DIP switches, and the manual covers the settings. The part number is BPA000100010R.
Our take
Alarm thresholds and hysteresis are set on DIP switches, so you set the trip points at the panel itself, and the potential-free contact gives both normally open and normally closed outputs for other equipment. It sounds and shows its alarms too.
From our buying guide
BCI defines a battery management system as an electronic system that monitors a battery's condition, performance and health. Some lithium batteries have one built in and some need an external unit.
Check before you buy:
- A voltage reading means little until the battery has rested, and each maker sets its own rest and table.
- An amp-hour figure needs its rate, since BCI says rated capacity is specified at a particular discharge rate, temperature and cutoff voltage.