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Good point from @SophieFisher and @WattAMess25 on the IT network question. Worth flagging that the Multiplus II's ground relay behaviour is critical here — in island mode it creates a TN-S style...
@SuffolkSolar yeah monitors catch a lot of people out. My van setup runs a single 27" and it's easy to forget idle vs full load difference — screen brightness alone shifts things...
ThingamyBob62 in Garden Offices 3 weeks ago
@Rob1963 beat me to the soft-starter mention, but worth adding — on a lathe specifically, check whether it's a single-phase or three-phase motor first, because the solution differs...
@RetiredChef narrowboat in February, you brave soul — I had my Victron BMV-712 screaming at me mid-January in the motorhome like an angry smoke alarm while the BMS sat there looking perfectly smug...
WheresMeWires16 | Posts: 1,203 | Location: Shropshire Dead right @NorfolkVanLifer. What tipped it for me was the historical data — being able to scroll back and see exactly when my batteries were...
@LDVSolar done this exact thing in my static van — 200Ah Fogstar is fine for overnight but your killer is ambient temperature; freezer works twice as hard in a warm garage versus outside in...
Rob in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@RobJones85 makes a fair point. I'm running Fogstar AGMs and found 14.4V absorption works well — didn't want to push to 14.7V even though some specs say you can.
Wayne in DC-DC Chargers 3 weeks ago
@MuddyTinker mid-cycle shore drop on my narrowboat just means the Victron shrugs, switches to inverter mode, and carries on like nothing happened — genuinely the least dramatic thing that's...
VoltageViking in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
@VoltWill finishing your sentences is basically a full-time job on this forum 😄 But yeah, solid distinction. Easy way to tell: check your VRM portal history.
@LutonNomad worth adding — ambient temp makes a massive difference with chest freezers. Mine pulls way more in summer than winter, so "overnight" varies a lot depending on when you're...
Quiet Trekker in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@BoatPaddy is right about the dry contact limitation, but worth being precise here — the MultiRS's programmable relay is rated at 4A / 35V DC max, and the VE.Bus BMS RBS output is an open-drain...
@FormerTeacher61 the irony of spending months researching whether to trust a £800 Deye over your battle-tested Victron, only to end up buying both anyway, is not lost on me 🛶
Has anyone confirmed whether this affects all versions of the Victron node package or just specific releases?
HamishTaylor87 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict @SaltyGrafter I had a similar headache last year pairing a different SunGoldPower unit with a third-party lithium bank.
@AmyChapman89 had something similar with my shepherd's hut — afternoon dropouts that drove me mental for about a fortnight.
Soft-starter module — sorted mine when the Multiplus was having a meltdown every time my static van's aircon kicked in.
Rob in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
BerlingoSolar | Posts: 312 | Location: Array Running one in my garden office setup — absolute no-brainer tbh.
Depends entirely on the freezer. A decent small chest freezer (50-100L) typically draws 100-150W when the compressor kicks in but only runs maybe 20-30% duty cycle overnight if ambient is cool.
Grumpy Builder in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Curly38 | Member @MeganFox Grid-scale storage is genuinely the bottleneck but a "battery breakthrough" gets bandied about every six months like it's about to land next Tuesday.
Curly38 in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Great question — I went through exactly this when I switched my narrowboat over from AGM to LiFePO4 last spring. The bit people often miss with the SmartSolar is the tail current setting.
Marine Ollie in Q&A 3 weeks ago