Roamer Lithium LiFePO4 Seatbase battery

It won't switch off the power...it will just block the flow of current either in or out of the battery.

The voltage will still be present.... Meaning your fridge will stay powered.
 
It won't switch off the power...it will just block the flow of current either in or out of the battery.

The voltage will still be present.... Meaning your fridge will stay powered.
Ok. Bit confused over this. What is the point if this if it doesn't turn the battery off?
 
Ok. Bit confused over this. What is the point if this if it doesn't turn the battery off?
Do you have any chargers connected? Maybe battery is off and your fridge is being powered from solar?

On some versions of the BMS these buttons are disabled, it’s a pretty pointless feature as you should have an external battery isolation switch anyway. We deactivated it on the gen 2 batteries for this reason
 
Do you have any chargers connected? Maybe battery is off and your fridge is being powered from solar?

On some versions of the BMS these buttons are disabled, it’s a pretty pointless feature as you should have an external battery isolation switch anyway. We deactivated it on the gen 2 batteries for this reason
Yes. Agree that an utterly pointless feature.... but you gave me a button! I shall try the button with the solar off as have 400w of solar which will cloud the results.... ha ha..... solar....... clouding.... I'll get me coat!
 
Oh yeah! It's dark now, so no solar. Now it turns off off the battery and fridge. What a pointless gadget, but at least it isn't a fault! :D
 
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230SEATBASE3

12V 230Ah LiFePO4
The bar has been raised yet again. Say hello to our 3rd generation Roamer 230SEATBASE3. Grade A+ matched cells provide 230Ah of usable capacity while a high power Battery Management System (BMS) with Active Balancing allows up to 3200W of continuous power - all in a custom case that fits neatly under a campervan swivel seat.




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Steve @RoamerBatteries have we got rough idea on the release date for the new APP Android app is done but keeps getting rejected by the Play Store due to the Bluetooth location permissions - basically added a declaration

Steve @RoamerBatteries have we got rough idea on the release date for the new APP?
Android app is done, it got rejected by the Play Store because of the location permissions (BLE requires location access if you want it to work with older Android phones). We’ve added a privacy statement and will resubmit later today or tomorrow. That should be live by end of the week, if anyone wants the latest beta apk now then please send an email to support and we’ll send you a Dropbox link.

iOS app is almost finished. Aim to submit that next week. In meantime, you can use the JK BMS app which works, it’s just not pretty.
 
Has anyone fitted one of the Roamer seatbase batteries in a van that has heated seats? Is the cable long enough to allow the seats to swivel with the Roamer battery in?
 
Has anyone fitted one of the Roamer seatbase batteries in a van that has heated seats? Is the cable long enough to allow the seats to swivel with the Roamer battery in?
Yes. Me

In the Bus, with RIB swivels.

Two plugs on mine. Heated seat and seatbelt.

Not sure is the link is different on the T6.1
 
Has anyone fitted one of the Roamer seatbase batteries in a van that has heated seats? Is the cable long enough to allow the seats to swivel with the Roamer battery in?
I've got the factory swivel with heated seats and a Fogstar 230Ah seat base (same size roughly as the Roamer) and the heated seats and airbag connectors reach fine.
 
Hey Stu, fingers crossed you can work it out... sounds like drivers seat is a winner though.

Unfortunately we've had a delay on the batteries. We’re now expecting to be able to deliver to customers on or shortly after 29th June. Theres a few factors involved here. We introduced a new quality testing process for this batch – this is an important addition to our manufacturing process and is going to help ensure we can lead the market in terms of cell and BMS reliability. It added a couple of weeks to the dates but as we had allowed a bit of headroom in the original delivery estimate, we were hoping we could still meet the end of May delivery dates. The war in Ukraine has obviously been a major problem and there was also complete covid shutdown for a week at our factory. The resulting backlog at the port has meant we missed our planned shipping route and we’ve now had to put the delivery dates back by a month.

I've used the 6 way fuse holder before, they're pretty chunky and you actually only get 5 connections (or 4 plus the main battery cable) unless you make your own busbar to bridge to the 6th connection point. The other one is crazy expensive once you add all the individual holders onto it. You might be better off with a Mega-Midi combi fuse box as this allows you to fuse the main battery cable as well as 4 circuits.... only £25 and very compact.

Using the Mega Midi will let you have 4 circuits - DCDC, Solar, 12V Fusebox and one more. If you go with separate phoenix and mains charger then thats 5. You could fuse the inverter seperately with its own in line fuse but I would just buy a Multiplus instead, gives you a mains charger, inverter and auto transfer switch. Saves space and a lot of hassle.

Yea that cable is fine, we normally use 35mm2 with the 1200VA inverters with a 200A MIDI fuse (or MEGA fuse if cabled directly with its own in line fuse).
I/m thinking about an induction install and to run a small Nespresso coffee machine.
Would a Victron Easyplus run these? Or would it be better to get a Multiplus 2000VA?

I'm also wondering if I would need to go bigger on the cable than 35mm2?

Thanks
 
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