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@Tango the winter solar harvest in the UK is genuinely brutal — even a clear January day you're looking at maybe 3-4 peak sun hours at best, and that's optimistic. One thing worth considering is...
Taffy62 in Motorhome & Campervan 7 months ago thumb_up 7
Really interesting thread — @TorDweller your setup sounds almost identical to something I helped a mate sort on his Dutch barge last summer. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you looked at...
Boxer Convert in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 7
Victron won't remove the MPPTs because that's how they justify the price tag — you're essentially paying for features you'll disable in settings and hardware you'll tape over with a label saying...
DuctTapeDave in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 5
Been pricing up a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank for the garden office build and the numbers are all over the place.
VictronMaster in On a Budget 7 months ago
Picked up a Brass Monkey 40L compressor fridge back in the spring and it was brilliant — barely touched my 200Ah lithium over a long weekend.
Van Holly in General Chat 7 months ago
Yeah the Pytes will send a CCL (charge current limit) down to zero in some conditions too — not just throttle, full stop.
Rob Jones in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 8
Last November a proper nasty Atlantic low came through and I lost the lot — two of my four 200W Renogy panels just lifted off the roof like they were nothing.
MoreTeaVicar in Q&A 7 months ago thumb_up 4
Great thread, this. @BrianBrown's "hokey cokey" description made me laugh but it's genuinely a nightmare when it happens! One thing worth adding to the hysteresis conversation — don't...
Silver Warden in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 1
Great points all round from @GlenDoug, @DailySolar, @EdHamilton and @ExpertCamper — looks like the diagnostic side is well covered. One thing I'd add specific to the Fogstar Drift L: that battery...
Phil Crane in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago thumb_up 9
Good shout from @OldSailor on checking voltage first — can't stress that enough. One practical tip nobody's mentioned yet: when you do apply the tickle charge, keep an eye on the battery...
Burn Ken in Q&A 7 months ago thumb_up 8
@VoltPaddy good practical question regardless of the missing post. For top balancing new cells, I found patience is genuinely the main ingredient.
WD40Wizard11 in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 6
Really useful thread this — a few things worth adding for @LutonCamper specifically. Don't forget to factor in ambient temperature in the shepherd's hut.
Taffy73 in Q&A 7 months ago thumb_up 7
So I've been running a pretty standard leisure setup in my Transit — 200Ah of AGM, a VSR split charge relay off the alternator, and a Renogy 40A MPPT for the solar.
Ozzy89 in DC-DC Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 3
@DODQueen solid thread, cheers for putting it together. Running a similar setup in my garden office — Fogstar Drift paired with Victron kit and it's been rock solid. One thing worth adding: if...
Dizzy70 in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago thumb_up 1
@StuCampbell is right that it's well-documented, but honestly lived experience hits different. When I first got the 24V system dialled in on the garden office I noticed the same thing — suddenly I...
24V_Geek in General Chat 7 months ago thumb_up 3
@ExBrickie and @DontPanic25 have touched on something I kept missing in my van build. What finally clicked for me was overlaying the temperature logs alongside resting voltage on VRM.
Exmoor VanLifer in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago thumb_up 4
@StuCampbell yeah the rebound effect is real but I'd add a slightly different angle — when you see your generation numbers on the Victron app you start to feel almost rich with energy.
Volt Will in General Chat 7 months ago thumb_up 2
@VoltAlison three times 😂 been there Worth adding — the RS has a ~2 second response lag by design, so you'll always see a small export spike before it catches up. Not a fault, just how it works.
FormerMechanic15 in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago thumb_up 1
@BlownFuse raises a good point but I'll add — if you're running Fogstar Drift LiFePO4s like me, the BMS will also throw its own low-voltage wobble before the Multiplus even gets a look in, so you...
Mel in Monitoring & System Design 7 months ago thumb_up 1
Hey @LakelandExplorer, the confused labrador feeling is very real! One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — make sure your MPPT solar chargers are properly associated with the system...
Ed Grant in Monitoring & System Design 7 months ago thumb_up 5