Baintech Slimline Lithium Battery | How to connect a Battery Monitor |

How to connect a Battery Monitor to the Baintech Slimline Lithium Battery. Graham walks you through the details of connecting a Victron Smart Shunt Battery Monitor to the Baintech 110Ah Slimline Lithium Battery.

About the Slimline Battery

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The lightweight and slimline battery is constructed using the latest generation prismatic lithium iron phosphate cells and an inbuilt Battery Management System (BMS). This slim-shaped battery is perfect for tight spaces in RVs, caravans and 4WDs, such as behind seats.

The Slimline battery provides up to 100A of continuous discharge or charge and can be stacked in parallel to increase amp hour storage capacity. Charge and discharge via the grey Anderson plug and charge from a DC source via the blue Anderson plug.

A strong aluminium enclosure delivers a safe, lightweight and powerful unit which is the perfect building block for next generation battery systems.

The BTLITH12110-SL-DCS model contains one (1) grey Anderson plug connector and one (1) blue Anderson plug connector, accessible from the side of the battery. The grey connector can used as input and output for charging and running loads.

About the Victron Smart Shunt

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The SmartShunt is an all in one battery monitor, only without a display. Your phone acts as the display. The SmartShunt connects via Bluetooth to the VictronConnect App on your phone (or tablet) and you can conveniently read out all monitored battery parameters, like state of charge, time to go, historical information and much more.

Alternatively the SmartShunt can be connected and be read by a GX device. Connection to the SmartShunt is made via a VE.Direct cable.

The SmartShunt is a good alternative for a BMV battery monitor, especially for systems where battery monitoring is needed but less wiring and clutter is wanted.

The SmartShunt is equipped with Bluetooth, a VE.Direct port and a connection that can be used for: monitoring a second battery, midpoint monitoring or a temperature sensor.