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Anyone had issues with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping to float too early on cloudy days?

by Expert Build · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Curly38

Anyone else finding their MPPT controller wildly overestimating battery state of charge in winter?

by Coastal Wanderer · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Jason Phillips

Anyone else had grief with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-charge?

by Pete Dixon · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by RetiredNurse43

Anyone else had grief with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?

by Chopper62 · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Cleggy

Worth fitting a battery monitor to a single 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4?

by OldSailor75 · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Mel King

Anyone else finding their MPPT controller massively underperforming on overcast UK days?

by Ewan Lamb · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by LH_Marine

Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings with a cheap shunt meter on LiFePO4?

by Roger · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Frosty Tinker

Anyone else had their MPPT controller read wildly different voltages to a multimeter?

by Wonky Drifter · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Glen Simon

Anyone else running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 alongside a split-charge relay — or is it a daft idea?

by Shaun Johnson · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by OffGrid Jess

Anyone else running a static on a Victron system through a full Scottish winter?

by Borders Nomad · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Oak Seeker

Is 200Ah of lithium enough for a 12V shepherd's hut through a UK winter?

by 12V_King · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by PVPro

Does anyone actually get useful output from a 100W panel in a UK winter?

by Harbour Kate · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Expert Convert

Anyone else running solar on a narrowboat with shading issues from trees and bridges?

by Jess · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Amy Chapman

Does anyone actually get useful output from a 200W panel in a UK winter?

by Boat Shaun · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Debbie Taylor

Best way to charge a 200Ah LiFePO4 from a split charge relay on a 2.0 TDI — am I bottlenecking myself?

by Tommo55 · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Transit Nomad

Anyone else had grief with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?

by Pike Russ · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Downs Cruiser

Anyone else had issues with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?

by Paul · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Jason Jackson

Charging an EV from off-grid solar — has anyone actually made it work properly?

by Sussex Dweller · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Camper Ewan

Power returned to the grid does not correspond to the actual returned power

by Boxer Project · 4 months ago

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3 months ago

by Wild Hermit

What's the real-world difference between 100Ah and 200Ah LiFePO4 for a weekend van build?

by Paddy Davies · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Jenny Cole

My BMZ battery is on idle won't wake up

by Battery Wez · 4 months ago

3 months ago

by Russ Hunt

Question on RV panel series & parallel

by HalfAJob · 4 months ago

3 months ago

by BMS_Geek

Lowering self-consumption on Lynx Shunt + Cerbo GX system

by Roger Jackson · 4 months ago

3 months ago

by Salty Grafter

Anyone else had their static caravan solar setup wiped out by a single bad winter storm?

by MoreTeaVicar · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Mountain Hermit

Can you charge an EV from a static caravan battery bank without killing it?

by Tel Hall · 3 months ago

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3 months ago

by Ollie Ross

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