Where to set soc for battery monitor

[AKA-None]

So I finally installed my master volt battery monitor and am curious as to where people set their state of charge
So for 200ah of house with a sealed lead acid battery should I tell the monitor that it has 100ah of capacity?
I did a cursory search but didn’t immediately find a conversation on this item but thought we’d covered this previously

[badadim]

It is very much a matter of your choice and convenience. Some set it at 100% SOC and watch not to go below safe discharge levels for lead acid 20% to 50%, knowing you have room to go down to 1% SOC (and shorten the battery life in an emergency). Some set it as 50% which tells you you are at zero SOC even you have more Ah available - in case of other users on board who may not be familiar with the lead acid details and you like them to have a simple view of 0% SOC when real SOC is only at 50%.



On my 460Ah lead acid bank I had it at 50% with very small loads and small solar. Mainly watching temperature, voltage and the current - not much the SOC. But in your case of a smaller bank with 40 to 100Ah safe usage capacity not to shorten the battery life, you may want to be able to set it at 200Ah in case you like to know what is going on once you are below 100Ah usage.


I found this very helpful: https://surveillancetrailerrental.co...voltage-chart/

[Mirage35]

I have mine set to 100% of rated capacity, but generally ignore the percentage reading and just look at Ah used - e.g. I have 210 Ah batteries, so effectively about 100 Ah usable. After a night at anchor it usually shows it's down about 25 Ah, which tells me all I need to know.

[AKA-None]

I forgot to add that I’d like less educated people look at it like a gas gauge empty full
:-)

[smac999]

if you put the wrong number in the perkerts effect will be wrong.

a 10a load on a 100ah listed bank for serveral hours will give a different SOC reading then a 10a load on a 200ah listed bank for the same time

put the correct number in and just keep over 50%

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by smac999

if you put the wrong number in the perkerts effect will be wrong.

a 10a load on a 100ah listed bank for serveral hours will give a different SOC reading then a 10a load on a 200ah listed bank for the same time

put the correct number in and just keep over 50%

Oh

And this is why I ask questions
Thanks for that insight