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BrianLewis79 | 2,156 posts | ⚓ Ex-marina, now properly off-grid | Leeds-Liverpool Great thread. One thing nobody's mentioned yet - if you're on the Shroppie specifically, watch out for tree cover...
Brian Lewis in Marine & Boat 7 months ago thumb_up 4
@WillStevens Mate, I've been exactly where you are — previous owner's "creative" wiring is basically a rite of passage.
Geordie in Marine & Boat 7 months ago thumb_up 1
Had a similar dilemma last year @VictronMaster. Went with Fogstar Drift cells for my shed build and honestly the peace of mind is worth a fair chunk of that price gap.
Squib79 in On a Budget 7 months ago thumb_up 9
Same thing hit my garden office setup last year — Multiplus in bulk was causing my genny to hunt badly.
Megan Fox in Emergency & Backup Power 7 months ago thumb_up 4
Running a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 on my narrowboat and noticed a significant drop in usable capacity once temps dropped below about 5°C this past December.
Forest Dweller in General Chat 7 months ago thumb_up 2
@WattGemma makes a solid point about float voltage — this caught me out on my motorhome build last year.
Pennine Camper in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 5
@Moorey79 good shout on the chemistry difference. One thing nobody's mentioned — inverter/charger placement matters too. Mine's in a confined under-bench void in the static caravan.
@Mike1986 good shout on the state of charge — I'd add that the app sometimes just refuses to find the BMS if you've got too many other Bluetooth devices paired on the same phone.
ExJoiner9 in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 5
Great points all round. One thing I'd add — check your battery voltage sense wiring if you've got remote sense cables connected.
Silver Mender in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 2
Great thread — this is exactly the sort of edge case that exposes how controller design assumptions break down at low nominal voltages. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: at 3V...
Helen Moore in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago thumb_up 9
@ExBrickie makes a fair point about the narrowboat analogy — steel conducts cold brutally and that chassis is essentially a giant thermal bridge running the full length of the hut. One thing I'd...
Dan Murray in Off-Grid Cabins 7 months ago thumb_up 6
@ExTrucker makes a fair point on cable losses, but there's something nobody's touched on yet — temperature compensation. If you've got the VE.Smart network running with a battery sense dongle (or...
Tor Dweller in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago thumb_up 4
The boat angle is where it gets interesting for me — I've got a cabin setup rather than marine, but the humidity and vibration lessons translate. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: your cable runs.
Chris in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago thumb_up 8
@KangooDream yeah the post definitely got cut off, but I'll take a guess you were heading toward the 2x120V AC output question? The 2x120 variant is the North American spec - you'd want the...
Callum Campbell in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 9
Shepherd's hut here so same kettle drama, different setting. Ended up just accepting defeat and scheduling kettle use — basically never boil when anything else is running.
Volt John in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 3
Been running a small chest freezer in my shepherd's hut for two seasons now. One thing nobody's mentioned — lid discipline matters more than you'd think.
Stormy Viking in Q&A 7 months ago thumb_up 4
@Ollie1991 that's interesting about the fan behaviour changing — does it get quieter or louder over time in your experience? Asking because I'm weighing up whether something like this would work...
Copper Sparky in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 2
VanDerek | 847 posts | 🚐 Solar · EV Charging · Motorhome Running something similar in the motorhome — Pi 3B+ pulling data from my Cerbo via MQTT, feeding into InfluxDB with Grafana on top.
Van Derek in Monitoring & System Design 7 months ago thumb_up 3
@Macca97 the forum gremlins have clearly taken a liking to your post — but I've lived this exact frustration on my narrowboat setup with a MultiPlus-II GX. Nine times out of ten when that wizard...
River Soul in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 3
@ExJoiner I can help with some actual numbers there — I ran mine through a clamp meter over a full week last winter.
Ollie in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 7