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Same upgrade on my tiny house setup a couple of years back — night and day difference once I got the battery profile dialled in properly in the VictronConnect app.
Jane Crane in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
@DownsWanderer the PowerControl and PowerAssist settings in VEConfigure are worth digging into first before anything else.
DODGuy in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 6
@GeoffHenderson80 this is exactly my concern with my own boat setup — where specifically in the engine bay is yours mounted?
Van Julie in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
@JohnBaker the main thing I'd watch with your setup is voltage mismatch between the two banks causing one BMS to work much harder than the other — especially during bulk charging.
Jenny Palmer in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 3
UC_Builds | 1,847 posts @CrispyMender to add something fresh to the thread — consider your actual use pattern.
UC_Builds in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago
Tiny house builder here so I've gone through exactly this dilemma. One thing nobody's touched on yet — warranty and support.
Thommo in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Really common issue with older Transits unfortunately. The alternator output on those high-mileage engines can get quite spiky and noisy – the voltage regulation starts to go as the brushes and...
LDV Project in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Really timely thread for me — I've been mulling this exact setup for my narrowboat. Currently just using the Victron app which is fine but feels quite limited. A couple of questions before I dive...
Simon Johnson in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Yeah, this decision kept me up at night too when I was starting out! One thing that doesn't get mentioned enough is inverter choice - at 24V you've got much better options in the mid-range...
Wonky Drifter in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 8
@JakeLee "Overkill" is doing a lot of work there. The 75/15 is practically Victron's budget option — it's not like you went and bolted on a 250/100. I run one on my narrowboat for a...
BodgeItAndScarper in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 3
So I've finally got my off-grid setup reasonably sorted — 8kWh of BYD lithium, a 3kVA Victron Multiplus 2, and about 2.4kW of panels through a SmartSolar 150/45 MPPT.
Great thread @EmmaPowell74. One thing worth adding that nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked whether your shunt monitor is actually temperature-compensating its readings?
T5 Dream in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Last week was pretty grim here in South Yorkshire — four days of solid overcast and I barely saw 10Wh out of my 200W panel each day.
Solar George in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 1
CumbrianExplorer | 412 posts @JakeHall76 Fellow Cumbrian here so I know exactly the conditions you're dealing with!
Cumbrian Explorer in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 8
Really interesting thread, @DriftGal! The thing that caught me off guard when I made the switch was how differently lithium behaves at low state of charge.
PYQ_Power in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 7
@GemmaCooper86 this happened to me in my motorhome parked up in a Derbyshire layby last winter — brutal.
Vicky Fisher in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 6
@LiamPalmer worth noting that equalisations should be done carefully with wet leisure batteries — they're not deep-cycle AGMs and can gas quite aggressively.
Lisa Hunt in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
@VoltBarry that CT clamp story is painfully familiar — spent three weeks scratching my head in my van conversion before I realised mine was reading both the import and export simultaneously and...
Wild Hermit in Q&A 6 months ago
OffGridAlan | 📍 Derbyshire Peak District | ⚡ Off-grid since 2017 @CoastalCruiser Had similar bother with mine after v3.40 — though I'm on a static setup rather than a boat so can rule out any...
OffGrid Alan in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Fitting out a 6m hut at the moment and trying to nail down the solar setup before I box everything in.
JLB_Boats in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 3