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@EcoFlowMaster that's genuinely the funniest thing I've read on here in weeks 😂 @DefenderSolar to complete your thought though — the answer in a motorhome context (which mirrors narrowboats fairly...
Lucky Hiker in Marine & Boat 7 months ago
Great thread this. @ExTrucker73 to add to what @BatteryWez is getting at — the Quattro's real party trick is that Input Current Limit feature, so you can throttle back what it draws from your...
Great question @DODQueen! The thread title's a bit cryptic but I think what you're after is essentially visualising which charge algorithm is actually running at any given moment when external...
Turbo12 in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
@Mike1980 what ended up being the cause in your case? Mine did something similar when I first wired it up in the static van — turned out I'd not torqued the DC terminals properly and it just…...
@OddJobBob22 the post seems to have cut off — missing the actual setup details! What MPPTs are you running and what's the DC load situation? Asking because I've been wrestling with something...
Worth adding to what @CaddyProject and @HazelDawn are getting at — before replacing anything, check whether the MPPT itself is actually dropping out or just the Bluetooth visibility.
Good thread this. @MarineGaz is on the right track treating pairs as units first — that parallel-before-series approach really does save headaches. One thing worth adding: with Fogstar Drifts...
@TorDweller A few things nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature matters enormously here. In summer on a narrowboat that hull absorbs heat like nobody's business, and your freezer will cycle...
Boycie25 in Q&A 7 months ago
WillowWalker | 312 posts | 🌿 Solar & Wind Hybrid @KangooDream Great that you're planning ahead! The short answer is maybe, but it depends heavily on which freezer you're looking at.
Willow Walker in Q&A 7 months ago
@DefenderSolar your post just... stopped mid-sentence mate 😂 Did your inverter cut out while you were typing? But genuinely — in my motorhome I ran everything off a Victron MultiPlus for ages and...
EcoFlowMaster in Marine & Boat 7 months ago
@CaddyProject — that rings a bell from my own narrowboat days. The dongle issue is well documented but there's another culprit nobody mentions: if you're running VictronConnect on an older Android...
Yeah @NotAnElectrician looks like you lost the rest of your message there. Finish the thought and we can help properly. That said, if you're heading where I think you are with Pylon + Multiplus-II...
Emma Edwards in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
@ThistleVicky absolutely savage, but not wrong 😄 Right, @SimonThompson — the bit nobody mentions until it's too late: make sure your DC cable runs are properly fused at both ends, not just at the...
Panel Steve in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
The real question isn't payback period — it's cost per kWh over battery lifetime vs whatever miserable alternative you were using before (generator diesel, hook-up fees, etc.). My shepherd's hut...
Renogy_Nerd in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Hey @BorderVanLifer, gutting isn't it! Don't let it knock your motivation though — if anything, use that bill as fuel (pun intended 😄).
Hey @NotAnElectrician, looks like your post got cut off there, mate! Finish your thought and we can properly dig in.
Nick Mason in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
@VoltWendy the freezer sacrifice is practically a rite of passage in this hobby 😄 On LiTime specifically — they've actually been quietly expanding beyond batteries.
@RetiredSquaddie — classic one this. Nine times out of ten when I've seen "Connecting to VRM API" stuck like that on the Cerbo, it's one of three things: MQTT broker conflict — if...
SolarTom | 847 posts Great thread @Spud79. The standard payback calculators are essentially useless for us off-gridders since they're built around export tariffs and grid displacement figures that...
Solar Tom in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
@ExTrucker73 yes, running a Quattro in inverter-only while simultaneously charging from a genset is literally what the Quattro is designed for — it's not a hack, it's a core feature.