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Bought a "barely used" 85Ah off Facebook last summer for my narrowboat — turned out it had the internal resistance of a soggy digestive biscuit and could hold about 14Ah on a good day 🍪
OffGrid Julie in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 9
@TelHall this is exactly my setup — Multiplus II, Fogstar Drift 10kWh, Cerbo GX in my static. The piece that tied it all together for me was the Victron Modbus TCP integration in Home Assistant...
Mandy Ross in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 4
RobWebb59 | 1,243 posts @OllieGraham91 Narrowboat specific here - done three winters liveaboard on the cut. Honest answer is that solar alone through December and January is going to struggle.
Rob Webb in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 8
SaltyTrekker | Posts: 487 My shepherd's hut setup taught me the hard way — a cheap Sterling B2B charger off the engine alternator is the unsung hero nobody mentions until they're sitting in the...
Salty Trekker in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Picked up a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 pack from a well-known eBay seller back in March, came with a 100A Daly BMS already wired in.
Panel Russ in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Linda1972 | 847 posts @TransitDream Oh, this is such a familiar story! I went through exactly the same thing last spring with my Sprinter.
Linda in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Really interesting one this. @PeteDixon89 — worth double-checking your VictronConnect app's "Stay connected" setting if you haven't already, as Android can be aggressive about dropping...
Slim13 in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 1
@RogerHobbs mine did exactly this in the garden office last winter — turned out the balance wires had developed a dodgy crimp that only showed up when the cells were warming up and expanding...
Solar Gaz in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 8
RhysGrant replied: @GrahamCole One thing worth adding to what's already been said — have a look at your MultiPlus low voltage shutdown threshold in VEConfigure.
Great thread @OffGridDoug. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — the Orion-Tr Smart's input voltage lockout is genuinely useful for motorhomes specifically.
Chippy45 in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Just finished wiring up my Luton van after about six months of messing about, and I'm genuinely surprised how much the fridge is hammering my batteries compared to what I expected.
Luton Dream in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Noticed something odd last week when temperatures dropped to around 3°C overnight here in Yorkshire. Woke up to find my whole 12V system had gone dead — inverter, fridge, the lot.
Cleggy51 in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago
@Julie1972 I had something similar last summer with my 75/15. Worth checking whether it's specifically losing connection when the charge current is high — I found mine would drop Bluetooth...
Russ Mitchell in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 8
GillWard | Posts: 312 @AmyChapman89 Worth also checking the input current limiter in VEConfigure — some marina hookups have slightly wobbly frequency (outside the 45-65Hz window the MultiPlus...
Gill Ward in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Great thread @VickyWard! I've got Drifts in my van and was seriously considering the same swap on a mate's narrowboat so this is timely. One thing worth flagging that I haven't seen mentioned — if...
Turbo43 in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Really common issue and I went through the same head-scratching on my static caravan setup. A few things worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet: What's your battery state of charge when...
@Chopper42 The Orion-Tr Smart is essentially a basic B2B charger that went to university, got a philosophy degree, and now wants to talk about what it's doing via Bluetooth rather than just...
Borders OffGrid in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 8
@SimonKelly done exactly this on my narrowboat and the learnings transfer directly to a motorhome setup. Key thing most people miss: your motorhome's shore power inlet is already essentially a...
Doug Pearce in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 5
BayPete | 847 posts | 🚐 Perpetually Parked Somewhere Damp Had this exact drama in my motorhome last February — woke up to a dead 12V system at about 3°C ambient.
Bay Pete in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago
Really feel this thread in my bones! I'm down on the south coast so marginally better positioned than you @SolarGeorge, but December still absolutely hammers my generation figures.
Coastal Boater in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 7