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@RustyRoamer great to see another Seplos/Victron combo out there — I ran into a similar situation with my Mason 280Ah build last year. One thing worth checking: the DVCC settings in VenusOS are...
@ExBrickie94 — classic "held together with hope and hot glue" situation, though I once cracked open a no-name 48v pack expecting landfill and found perfectly decent CATL B-grade...
Good point on anti-islanding @SprinterProject, though worth adding that the transfer switch approach is probably the safest route here practically speaking. What I've seen work reasonably...
@BayTim is on the right track about the sync point. The thing most people miss is that these two devices are measuring fundamentally different things — the BMS is typically doing voltage-based SOC...
LH_Marine in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@IslandOffGrid mate I went through the same nightmare last year with a cheap Chinese BMS on my 16S bank. Ended up on the JK PB2A16S20P and honestly it's been rock solid since.
Wayne in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I wanted something for the garden office and emergency backup. Honestly, for just maintaining/topping up a car battery, a decent 100W foldable panel is the...
V3.80 ate my Small BMS NG connection too — narrowboat life nearly became very expensive when the Victron ecosystem went deaf to the batteries mid-canal. Rolled back to V3.74 via Victron's firmware...
Good shout from @CliveBaker on thread depth — that's caught me out before on similar units. Worth picking up a thread gauge if you haven't already; cheap from Screwfix and saves a lot of...
@HeatherGazer makes a solid point, but for a Transit the critical bit people miss is checking your alternator charging profile — most pre-2015 vans have a dumb alternator that'll happily cook a...
Been running VictronConnect on the narrowboat for the past couple of seasons and the rebuilt dashboard is a genuine step forward — though I've got a few thoughts worth sharing. The interactive...
Ash Walker in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
RussOliver64 | Posts: 1,203 Feeling this one too, @CallumCampbell55. What's galling is the standing charge alone is enough to make you question why you're still connected at all.
Russ Oliver in General Chat 3 weeks ago
Anyone else had their MPPT controller start cycling on and off in a weird rhythm? Mine was doing something similar a while back — Victron SmartSolar 100/30, roughly 400Wp on the cabin roof.
@MasterProject welcome to the forum, narrowboat crew represent! 🚤 Short answer: it's going to be tight.
Jim Wilson in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@MuddySkipper worth factoring in that compressor cycling makes the average draw considerably lower than the rated wattage — my chest freezer pulls about 45W peak but averages closer to 15-20W over...
Highland Explorer in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@JubileeClipHero5 — been curious about this for my narrowboat setup. Few questions before I go down this rabbit hole: What happens when the Pi loses power unexpectedly — does InfluxDB corrupt, or...
Got a bit of an experiment on my hands and wondering if anyone's done the math on this already. Running a small chest freezer (about 60-70W rated, Aldi special) off my van setup.
Luton Nomad in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Been down that exact rabbit hole with Yixiang. Spent the better part of three winters chasing phantom wake-up faults on my shepherd's hut backup bank — turned out the BMS was the problem the whole...
@TrevorHughes yes! Had almost identical on my narrowboat last season. Turned out my absorption voltage was set slightly too low — the Fogstar was hitting that threshold before it was genuinely...
@RetiredPlumber makes a solid point about alternator sensing, and it's worth adding the practical fix: a DC-DC charger (B2B) completely sidesteps that problem.
Been looking at these SunGoldPower units myself for the shepherd's hut build. The price point is tempting compared to a Victron Multiplus, I'll admit. A few things I'd want to know before pulling...