{"id":16408,"date":"2023-06-30T15:53:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-3-operation-manual-90xxx-1-copy\/cooling-installation\/3-3-battery-monitor-configuration\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:31:16","slug":"3-3-battery-monitor-configuration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-3-operation-manual-90379-5\/cooling-installation\/3-3-battery-monitor-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"3.3 Battery Monitor Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Seakeeper<\/span> 3 is equipped with voltage and state of charge (SoC) based battery monitoring logic to accommodate traditional battery chemistries and emerging lithium-ion technology. The default mode is a low voltage protection system using 11.1 VDC as the protection threshold for flooded and absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries. SOC-based monitoring is enabled when a NMEA 2000 compatible battery monitoring system (BMS) is broadcasting SOC (PGN: 127506, DC Detailed Status) over the NMEA 2000 network and is required for Seakeeper<\/span> operation with Lithium batteries. The default voltage-based protection is not compatible with lithium batteries due to the discharge characteristics of this battery type.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lead-Acid vs. lithium battery depletion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If powered by a lithium battery, the Seakeeper<\/span> and BMS must be connected to a common NMEA 2000 network to prevent excessive discharge of the battery bank. An external BMS with a shunt can be used in place of a NMEA 2000 SOC signal, however, the Seakeeper<\/span> will not provide any battery monitoring functionality. The following guide will explain the functionality of the user interface and menus.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. To access the battery monitoring configuration manager, press and hold the battery icon on the Home screen until the Battery Monitoring Configuration pop-up appears.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Accessing Battery Monitoring Configuration – Standard method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    1. The Battery Monitoring Configuration will initiate a pop-up after detecting the SoC signal automatically. From this pop-up window, one can also open the Battery Monitoring Configuration by pressing the Continue button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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      Alert pop-up indicating the SoC signal present on NMEA2000 network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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      1. Once the Battery Monitoring Configuration manager window appears, press the dropdown menu down arrow and select SoC source from the dropdown menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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        Battery Monitoring Configuration window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

        The dropdown options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Battery SOC <\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 This option allows the user interface to monitor the NMEA2000 network for the battery state of charge (required if lithium batteries are used to power the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span>). When selected, the Cut-off threshold slider will determine at what battery charge the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> begins powering back to conserve battery power. Also, the 5\u201d Touch Display will show battery state of charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • No Selection<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 This is the default setting for the configuration manager. Low voltage protection at 11.3 VDC is used until a different option is selected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Use voltage monitoring<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 This disables SoC logic and uses actual battery voltage to initiate lowering power drawn by the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> when battery voltage drops to 11.3 VDC on Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          The Cut-off Threshold Slider<\/strong> controls the level of charge at which the Seakeeper<\/span> will begin lowering the power it draws. The default setting is 20% charge. The slider allows the selection between 10% and 30% charge state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The Seakeeper 3 is equipped with voltage and state of charge (SoC) based battery monitoring logic to accommodate traditional battery chemistries and emerging lithium-ion technology. The default mode is a low voltage protection system using 11.1 VDC as the protection threshold for flooded and absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries. SOC-based monitoring is enabled when a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14406,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[300],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-16408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-3-operation-manual-90379-5"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16408"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16801,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16408\/revisions\/16801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=16408"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=16408"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=16408"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=16408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}