I spent the last few nights at a Provincial Park in Ontario. For those that have not been, its common in these parks for the power pedestal to be shared between two sites (separate circuits but the same post). Due to luck of the draw we wound up in a site with the post on the wrong side (passenger side) and quite far from the RV. It was a 30 amp site, so I did not bring my 50 amp 50 foot extension because the thing is a beast and I did not want to. I brought my 30 amp shore cord as well as a set of 30A extensions. I wound up needing about 75 foot of cord to get to the pedestal. Add to that 95 degree weather and most of you can see where this is going. My extensions overheated (they really need new ends on them) and my EMS kicked in when the voltage dropped to 104, even though the pedestal was at 125. I solved this by using my 50A cord and dogbone, to have the larger wire and less voltage drop, but still needed two of the 30A extensions, so went down to one AC. That is all fine, and I managed it well, but it brought to light it would be nice to have my Victron display show the incoming line so I had all my data in one place. I also for a while had wished it showed the TTG (time to go) data that my BMV had for how long until my batteries would reach 0 SOC.
I went down a google rabbit hole and found a guy who wrote scripts to add more data to the Victron display. I installed them this morning and they seem great so far. I see this improved data both on my display and in the remote console via VRM.
Here are the scripts:
https://community.victronenergy.com/...n-scripts.html
And here is what my UI looks like now. This can all be adjusted in the UI to remove unwanted items, but this is the default after his script is run.
I am really happy with the improvement. Obviously care should be taken whenever any kind of script is run, and your mileage may vary, but there is some great info to be had here.
I went down a google rabbit hole and found a guy who wrote scripts to add more data to the Victron display. I installed them this morning and they seem great so far. I see this improved data both on my display and in the remote console via VRM.
Here are the scripts:
https://community.victronenergy.com/...n-scripts.html
And here is what my UI looks like now. This can all be adjusted in the UI to remove unwanted items, but this is the default after his script is run.
I am really happy with the improvement. Obviously care should be taken whenever any kind of script is run, and your mileage may vary, but there is some great info to be had here.
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