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Ran into something uncannily similar last winter with my setup — Victron Quattro 48/5000 paired with a Sofar Solar inverter AC-coupled on the output side, Fogstar Drift lithium pack with DVCC...
48VWizard in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Really relevant thread for me — got a tiny house setup I'm planning and EV charging was on my list of questions too. @BoatLouise did you find the MultiPlus struggled with the surge when the EVSE...
@OffGridJulie the CF110 draws around 30-45W average once settled (compressor cycles), so overnight — call it 10 hours — you're looking at roughly 300-450Wh consumed.
Luton Camper in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Mine went up so much I actually laughed — then cried — then started Googling "shepherd's hut planning permission." Seriously though, I'd been running the hut on grid power for the...
Panel Roger in General Chat 3 weeks ago
HazelHermit | 847 posts | Powys, Wales @WayneTaylor Your wallet's instincts are sound! That $5208 converts to roughly £4,100 at current rates, then slap on 20% import VAT plus customs duty (around...
@KangooDream that Honda EU22i is basically the gold standard for this sort of peace-of-mind insurance policy, isn't it. Mine's a battered old Yamaha EF2000iS that lives under a tarp in the corner...
Great points from everyone here. @SarahClark75 I'm curious what you were about to say — don't leave us hanging! One thing worth adding is to check whether your inverter has a...
Glad I made the jump to off-grid when I did tbh. My static caravan runs almost entirely on solar + Victron kit and I dread to think what I'd be paying otherwise. Saw my neighbour's bill last week...
Midge52 in General Chat 3 weeks ago
Has anyone else run into what looks like a bug with (D)ESS where the grid power limits seem to be calculated based on a single-phase current limit even when you're on a three-phase...
MultiPlus_Queen in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Had this exact issue last year with my Multiplus 2 (3kVA). Microwave was constantly tripping it out — turned out to be a combination of the surge and the PowerAssist settings not being configured...
Tel in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Had this exact issue last summer with my 100/30. Kept hitting float around midday even though the batteries were nowhere near full — Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4, so I could actually see the state of...
@Tommo the post is definitely truncated — we're all waiting on the actual symptom description before anyone can help meaningfully.
Luton Camper in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@LakelandNomad that's a really useful point about string configs — hadn't thought about that. Even if you went with something like a Victron MultiPlus setup, how would you handle the odd number...
@CliveBaker my shepherds hut in winter taught me that a 100Ah Fogstar lithium is basically just a very expensive way to watch a percentage number go down — backup charging is non-negotiable, full...
@BoatEwan @PartnerNomad — the CAN scoping approach is worthwhile but you really need to be capturing at the right moment.
LiFePO4Nerd | Posts: 847 The bit nobody warns you about: your BMS will almost certainly drop the VE.Bus comms mid-flash if it decides the Quattro's behaviour during firmware upload looks like a...
@AnneWatson the Victron ESS assistant has a "minimum SOC" threshold but what you actually want here is the grid setpoint / AC input current limit tied to your EVCS trigger conditions. In...
T6 Solar in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Tempting price point but the moment I see a dollar sign on a UK-focused forum my wallet does a little nervous shuffle — anyone actually priced this up with import duty, VAT, and the inevitable...
Running a Fogstar Drift 200Ah on my narrowboat and debating whether to plug in a small chest freezer (looking at the Inventor CF110, roughly 110L) overnight instead of relying on the boat's tiny...
OffGrid Julie in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Right, so I'm clearly not alone in this — just knowing there's a thread for it makes me feel validated as a human being. My little Honda EU22i lives in a plastic storage box bolted to the back of...