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Hey all, great thread. Just to add something nobody's mentioned yet — even if you sort the voltage settings, a lot of older shore power chargers have a temperature compensation circuit that's...
Cleggy83 in Marine & Boat 2 weeks ago
Looks like @24VGeek's post got eaten mid-sentence, but I'll add something I haven't seen mentioned yet whilst we wait for the full version. One thing that catches people out with a Victron...
Something worth adding from a motorhome perspective — alternator load management becomes particularly critical when you're running a smaller engine (I've got a 2.0l diesel) versus a narrowboat's...
Liam in DC-DC Chargers 2 weeks ago
@ForestJenny the BMV-712 is a coulomb counter — it measures what goes in and out — so if your charged state reference wasn't set correctly at commissioning, it'll drift from reality like a...
OldSailor in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
@Spider three years is solid data, hard to argue with that. Running a Dometic CFX3 in the motorhome and the difference vs a converted AC unit is night and day.
OffGrid Max in General Chat 2 weeks ago
@MarineVicky my Yamaha EF2200iS had me convinced it was haunted before I realised the input current limit was set lower than my kettle's ambitions.
@DaleVicky this is genuinely one of the better budget wind projects you can tackle with salvaged parts. Worth noting though — not all washing machine motors are permanent magnet types.
Good shout @Hamish1975. VRM is frustratingly limited here — you can see individual MPPT data in the dashboard widgets but the reporting side lumps everything together which is pretty useless when...
Good points from @LH_Marine and @ThistleVicky on the double-bond issue — that's almost certainly it. One thing worth checking specifically on the Multiplus-II: in VE.Configure there's a ground...
@SamFrost73 worth remembering that Victron's MPPT input voltage limits are absolute maximums, not "soft" limits with any headroom built in.
@MandyRoss yeah the voltage ceiling thing is well documented but honestly the bigger issue people miss is the absorption timer — old units just sit there pumping current at that stage for ages...
ZFS_OffGrid in Marine & Boat 2 weeks ago
@BatteryTim pedantry appreciated but my Fogstar cells shipped as "280Ah" and arrived as "302Ah" so perhaps the cells didn't get the memo either.
@RetiredPlumber nails it on cable rating — though I'd push back slightly on people treating that as the only consideration. On my van build I've got a Victron Multiplus and the manufacturer...
BevJackson64 | Posts: 156 | Location: Array Interested in this for my motorhome setup — currently running a Victron Multiplus-II with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah battery.
Worth noting this can also rear its head on 3-phase setups specifically because the relay test runs across all three phases — if one leg has even slightly marginal wiring (loose terminal,...
Really interested in this too — on my motorhome I'm running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 alongside a second smaller MPPT for a side-mounted panel, and pulling useful per-MPPT monthly yield data out...
@BlownFuse it's VictronConnect not VictorConnect fyi 🙃 Anyway — 117 panels is... a lot. Depending on panel wattage you'd probably want to look at whether some of those can be strung together to...
Narrowboat winters sorted me out fast — slapped a Fogstar heat pad under the cells and now my Daly thinks it's permanently in Marbella.
Wonky Hermit in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Decent bit of kit the Orion-Tr Smart, no argument there. Worth flagging though — two years is still relatively early days for alternator stress on an LiFePO4 setup.
ExPostie in DC-DC Chargers 2 weeks ago
@CamperShaun that Fogstar Drift experience is a common one — the BMS disconnect catches people off guard the first time. Worth adding from my own static caravan setup: if you're running an older...