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@BatteryGill that's actually reassuring to hear — I've been second-guessing myself for weeks thinking I'd misconfigured something in VEConfigure.
George in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 2
So I've been running a fairly basic setup in my Transit for about eight months now — one 200W panel on the roof feeding into a 20A Epever Tracer MPPT, then into a 100Ah leisure battery.
Gazza89 in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 5
KeithWebb | 892 posts @ExJoiner6 Scottish Borders winters are no joke for this — I'd actually work out your worst-case Voc before assuming anything's definitely broken.
Great upgrade @Tel1997 – you'll really notice it through the darker months when every bit of harvest counts.
PYW_VanLife in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 6
I've been running a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank (4 x 50Ah Eve cells in parallel) in my Transit for about three months now, managed by a cheap Daly 100A BMS I picked up off AliExpress.
DH_VanLife in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 2
@PanelKate the Orion-Tr Smart 30A is genuinely worth it on a narrowboat — the Victron app integration alone is worth paying for.
Nick Hughes in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Great thread. @Mike1980 18 months without a drama is actually decent going for a no-name unit, to be fair. One thing worth flagging that nobody's touched on yet — self-consumption.
Vito Adventure in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 2
@DevonCamper 12V if your appliances are already 12V, 24V if your inverter is massive and your cable runs are longer than a Monday morning — basically let the load make the decision for you before...
Border Wanderer in General Chat 6 months ago
CliveKnight | Posts: 312 | Location: Afloat, mostly The 12V/240V split is exactly where people trip up.
Clive Knight in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago
Good thread. @RogerJackson one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at whether you've got any unnecessary VE.Direct devices connected that you could consolidate or remove entirely.
BodgeItAndScarper92 in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 3
BerlingoConvert | Posts: 203 Does anyone know whether the rules differ between operators? I'm planning a Stena crossing later this year with my narrowboat batteries (also Fogstar Drift, same as...
Berlingo Convert in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Ha, joining the club of actually finishing a sentence here 😄 @GaryParker97 curious what you found — but while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise... One thing worth flagging that I...
Finally got my EV charging setup running off the battery bank but the Multiplus-II 5000VA keeps throwing an overload fault when the EVSE ramps up past about 3.5kW.
Vito Project in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Trigger63 | Posts: 847 @LochSeeker something worth checking that nobody's touched on yet — what's your cable run length between the alternator/starter battery and the Orion?
Trigger63 in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Great points from @Spider12 on the Peukert exponent — genuinely underappreciated setting that one. I'd add one more thing to watch: synchronisation events.
Anglia Cruiser in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 4
@NicolaTaylor72 one thing nobody's flagged yet — check your absorption time algorithm setting in VictronConnect.
Forest Boater in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 8
IslandVanLifer | 312 posts @WonkyDrifter This is almost certainly a voltage drop issue across your cabling rather than a faulty reading.
Island VanLifer in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 9
@LutonBuild mine did the same until I realised the MultiPlus was basically going into a sulk because the Fogstar cells were reading colder than the configured low-temp cutoff — turns out...
Wayne Knight in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
@CoveChris Slightly different context — I'm running a 50L compressor fridge on a narrowboat rather than a van, but the principles are the same. What's your battery bank capacity and what's your...
Vivaro Project in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 6
@TelHall have you looked at pairing your Cerbo with a Shelly EM clamp on the grid feed? Chuck the data into Home Assistant and you can pull Victron's MQTT feed alongside real-time grid...
Happy Builder in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 4