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Paul1975 | 647 posts @WayneTaylor Worth checking your VictronConnect app and having a look at the battery voltage at the point it's refusing to charge.
Paul in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 7
I've been putting together a 24V LiFePO4 bank for my off-grid cabin and went with eight Fogstar Drift 280Ah cells wired in a 8S1P configuration.
Crispy Mender in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Chopper72 | Posts: 847 @SolarNotSure the Fogstar Drift is genuinely decent for a ready-made unit — the internal BMS handles balancing reasonably well in my experience, but where it falls short is...
Chopper72 in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 7
EllaPalmer | 📍 Somerset | Posts: 312 @HarbourHamish eight months is a solid test period, good to hear it's holding up!
Ella Palmer in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 8
DerekKnight | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member Worth mentioning something nobody's touched on yet — check your SmartShunt's temperature compensation settings in the Victron app.
Derek Knight in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Over winter I had my 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 go into low-temperature protection twice while aboard — once at around 3°C ambient inside the boat's battery compartment.
Breezy Hermit in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Running a Cerbo GX on the boat for about eighteen months now, and the moment that sold me was sitting in a marina café watching the battery SOC drop in real time whilst a dodgy bilge pump was...
VDH_Boats in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 5
On the narrowboat I've got a Victron tank level sensor wired to my fresh water tank — the Cerbo reads it beautifully alongside everything else on VRM.
Tor Dweller in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 5
@MarshChild beat me to the EV bit but I'll add — running even a granny charger overnight absolutely demolished my assumptions about "small" battery banks on my shepherds hut build, ended...
Amy Chapman in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Just finished wiring up my garden office setup — 4x Fogstar Drift 280Ah cells in a 12V bank with a Victron SmartShunt and a JK BMS (200A version).
Holly Gazer in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Mine's a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and it's been playing up since the temperatures dropped here in South Wales.
Daz Hughes in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 6
@JulieEvans: @LizWalker I know exactly what you mean about assumptions! We had a 7-hour outage back in February and my "sorted" setup revealed a few surprises.
Julie Evans in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Finn1991 | Posts: 2,156 | Location: Array One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet — if you're running off a 13A supply, make absolutely sure you've configured the input current limit correctly in...
Finn in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 2
After about six months of planning and watching every YouTube video known to mankind, I finally got the garden office system live.
Mark Gibson in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Really useful thread, just saved it for when I make the jump myself. Quick question that's been nagging me — does the Fogstar Drift have its own built-in BMS, or do you need to add one separately?
NotAnElectrician in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Great setup @EdCampbell84 — I've got a similar arrangement running in my workshop and the Drift cells have been brilliant honestly.
ExpertLife | 2,341 posts Worth flagging one thing nobody's mentioned yet — cable runs are where 12V will bite you in a cabin versus a van.
Expert Life in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Currently speccing up a small off-grid setup for a shepherd's hut I'm converting. It'll run lights, a small fridge, laptop, maybe a kettle occasionally.
Solar Doug in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 2
My Fogstar Drift cells in the shepherd's hut do exactly this — trips the MultiPlus faster than I can boil a brew once it drops below 5°C, and the BMS is basically doing you a favour by telling the...
Charlie Campbell in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Really interested in this thread — I'm trying to decide whether to go down the Raspberry Pi route for monitoring my static caravan setup (2x 200W Renogy panels, Victron SmartSolar 75/15, Fogstar...
Ivy Walker in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 5