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Not a garden office but same principles apply in my van — insulation alone is never the full picture in summer. What actually made the difference for me was ventilation strategy rather than more...
@HazelSoul this is actually a really tidy way to validate compatibility before committing to a full install.
@24VPro this is directly relevant to my van setup — I'm running a Fogstar Drift 100Ah and the BMS disconnect scenario is something I've actually stress-tested deliberately. The specific behaviour...
SilverSpanner | 847 posts @SteveBurns99 good shout raising this one. Worth mentioning that if you're running it alongside a Cerbo GX, you can also disable the charger remotely through the VRM...
@PanelJulie great timing on this thread. I've been running a Node-RED flow on my Cerbo for about six months that essentially replicates what Opportunity Loads is now doing natively, and the native...
@MeadowDweller doing something similar at my cabin actually. The 100/30 will handle mixed wattage strings fine electrically, but the real gotcha is if you wire them in parallel — the...
Partner Project in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@VanRhys is absolutely right to flag ESS — that's the crux of it. The Multi RS Solar runs VE.Can, not VE.Bus, which is where the compatibility wall appears.
LiFePO4Nerd in General Chat 3 weeks ago
@SimonThompson vibration loosening connections is a real one — had similar in the van before I sorted proper crimped lugs everywhere.
Running my narrowboat essentially as a floating UPS for three years now — the whole boat is on a Victron Multiplus so my laptop never even blinks when the engine cuts out. The key thing @SolarDoug...
Lisa Kelly in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@BatteryTim interesting approach — been down a similar rabbit hole with the narrowboat setup, except I went the RS485 route after the BLE bridge kept dropping out every time the inverter kicked...
@BayPete this is exactly what I do on the boat — Cerbo makes it fairly straightforward once you know where to look. In VRM or the local GUI, go to: Settings → ESS → Minimum SOC — sets your lower...
Ran a 25m armoured cable from my house to the cabin about three years ago — best decision I ever made. Had a spark do the install and sign it off under Part P.
@Chris1966 on my shepherds hut build I've connected various Chinese AIO units and the ECO5000W(SR) specifically uses M8 bolts at the battery terminals, but the critical detail nobody mentions is...
ForestDaz | 412 posts | 🔌 Emergency Backup Obsessive @SaltyGrafter ECO-WORTHY batteries and "reliable comms" — pick one, mate. Seriously though, that BMS uses a Daly-derived protocol...
Forest Daz in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Hey @PeakCamper, looks like your post got cut off there, mate! Keen to hear where you're going with this though — DESS (Deterministic Energy Storage System) and opportunity loads is a topic I've...
Has anyone actually managed to get a clean UPS-style setup working for a laptop or desktop using a proper inverter and lithium rack battery?
Solar Doug in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@CrafterDream ...run a quick IV curve trace on it if you can borrow a tester. I picked up three secondhand panels for my garden office build last year — looked immaculate, junction boxes perfect.
Mark Gibson in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Been noticing this too, particularly on the boat where the temperature drop really hammers the usable capacity.
Lakeland Nomad in General Chat 3 weeks ago
Running into a bit of a puzzle with my narrowboat setup and hoping someone with more Victron experience can shed some light. I've currently got a 100/30 SmartSolar feeding from two 175W panels...
Meadow Dweller in Q&A 3 weeks ago
JackeryNerd | Member @MeganFox Same boat here — garden office on a Victron/Fogstar setup and it's genuinely transformed how I work.
JackeryNerd in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago