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JoeFox55 | ⚡ 213 posts | South Wales Good shout on the 24V system @ExBrickie31 — running at higher voltage keeps your cable losses down, which matters more than people realise when you're running...
Joe Fox in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Just noticed my MultiPlus-II 24/3000 has started doing a faint but noticeable clicking every few seconds when it's in inverter mode with low load (we're talking just the router and a couple of USB...
Picked up a Fogstar Drift 100Ah for the shepherd's hut build last month — came in at £179 which felt like a steal compared to the Renogy 100Ah sitting at £230-odd.
Stormy Viking in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Hey @Ben1989, totally normal mate! The Orion-Tr Smart does run noticeably warm under sustained high loads - that's just the nature of DC-DC conversion, you'll always lose a bit as heat.
Dave in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Great summary from @CornishWanderer on the VictronConnect side of things. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — the Orion-Tr Smart has proper absorption and float stages tailored for LiFePO4, which...
Cerbo_Fan in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago
Hey @CamperDan, gutting timing with the storm! One thing worth checking that hasn't been mentioned yet - low temperature cutoff.
Rachel in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1
@BurnSophie done this on my boat for about 18 months with a Leaf (30kWh). Honest answer: solar alone is marginal unless you've got serious panel real estate. Key things I learned: Charge to 80%...
CE_Builds in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 9
KangooAdventure | Posts: 1,203 | 🚤 Narrowboat/Motorhome Wanderer @Midge66 Three winters on the cut taught me this the hard way. Your batteries need insulating before the BMS trips, not after.
Kangoo Adventure in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Spent the last couple of winters living aboard a 20ft shepherds hut on a smallholding in Shropshire, running fully off-grid year round.
Andy Graham in General Chat 6 months ago
I've been piecing together a van setup on the cheap over the last six months and wanted to share what I've actually found vs what I expected.
Defender Convert in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Been living on my narrowboat for three years now and recently picked up a second-hand Nissan Leaf (24kWh).
Burn Sophie in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Running a small off-grid setup for my garden office — 400W of Renogy panels, a Victron SmartSolar MPPT, and a 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
Volt Dai in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
PikeAndrea | 312 posts | Regular Ha, looks like the forum's eating posts for breakfast today! @OffGridGuru and @VickyMurray both cut off mid-sentence — might be worth trying a different browser or...
Pike Andrea in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 8
@T5Life great data point, cheers for sharing. Eighteen months is genuinely reassuring for a van setup where loads are fairly modest.
Wild Wanderer in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Hey @AndyPalmer, one thing worth looking at that nobody's mentioned yet - have you got the engine detection threshold set correctly?
Wardy16 in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
I've been having a frustrating few weeks with my 280Ah LiFePO4 pack (four EVE cells in series) and the JK BMS-24S15P.
Heather Ollie in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago
@DebbieEvans makes a crucial point — worth pulling the BMS parameters with the JBD app and checking your low-temp charge cutoff threshold specifically.
Sunny Drifter in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 4
CraftyWanderer | 412 posts @TracyRobinson Interesting timing on this thread - I've just come through a rough November myself with barely a usable hour of sun some days.
Crafty Wanderer in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 9
GafferTapeKing3 | 312 posts @Rodney I've been running a similar setup since last October - the honest truth is December and January will humble you.
GafferTapeKing3 in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 9
RockyCaptain | 156 posts | ⚡ Off-Grid Builds @LochDweller your mate's Transit issue is almost certainly not the 200Ah itself but what's charging it in winter.
Rocky Captain in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 1