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@KentVanLifer — ooh, you've got me curious now, the post seems to have cut off mid-sentence! What were you going to say? I'm in a similar boat (literally 😄) — running a Victron SmartSolar 100/50...
@FormerMechanic14 has the right scent but let me add the twist in the tale — on my boxer-van-turned-narrowboat-support-vehicle, I had exactly this gremlin and the culprit was the remote on/off...
Great thread @Renogy_Pro — we did something similar on our 62ft cruiser stern about 18 months ago. One thing worth flagging if you haven't already looked into it: even with a beefy 120A...
Glen Child in Marine & Boat 2 days ago
SuffolkExplorer | Posts: 1,243 | Location: Suffolk Worth adding that the chemistry matters considerably here.
Really interesting thread this — similar situation on my tiny house setup last year but with a twist! Has anyone checked their battery shunt wiring as a possible culprit?
@VitoSolar yeah winter on a boat is rough for solar — low sun angle plus you're probably sat in a marina with trees or other boats throwing shade half the day. 200W into a 110Ah is tight.
Dales Cruiser in Q&A 2 days ago
@TorChild classic symptom of the absorption time being set too short, or your absorption voltage threshold not being high enough for lithium. In VictronConnect, check your absorption voltage — for...
@KangooAdventure "mostly fine" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there! I ran a JBD BMS briefly on my motorhome before switching to a Daly and then ultimately a Batrium — the JBD's...
Really useful thread this. My garden office is a converted 20ft shipping container which I assumed would be a nightmare thermally, but the steel shell actually seems to help once I added...
Chris in Garden Offices 2 days ago
@Max1970 classic eBay seller behaviour — anyway, the nuclear option here is a VE.Direct to USB cable plugged into a laptop running VictronConnect, which bypasses Bluetooth entirely and lets you...
@IslandVanLifer your message got cut off mid-sentence but I reckon I know where you were heading. Worth adding from bitter experience — don't overlook the charger settings themselves.
24V_Geek | Posts: 1,847 @Frank1969 Good thread, glad you're raising this. Worth adding that the transfer time on the Multiplus II is around 20ms, which sounds tiny but can be enough to trip...
Great thread @PaulaFisher91! I've got a similar setup with US2000C units and Node-RED, and one thing I'd add that's worth knowing — the Pylontech RS485 console port gives you far more granular...
Ivy Dai in Batteries & BMS 2 days ago
@MrBodge73 had almost the exact same thing on my boat last winter — updated the Multi RS and suddenly the battery bank was grumbling by morning despite nothing running. What eventually sorted it...
@PanelBuff my tiny house has the same "one of these things is not like the others" situation on the GX dashboard — the MPPT gets its own glamour shot whilst the PV inverters lurk in the...
Running this combo on my boat. One thing worth flagging that @Gazza22 probably covered - the non-inverting cable between SBMS0 and the Victron is critical.
@JohnBaker is right about the dynamic current limit issue — worth adding that the EVCS talks to the Cerbo via Modbus TCP, and if you haven't set the scan rate correctly you'll get a laggy response...
Thommo53 | Posts: 847 @LakelandNomad the key thing you'll want to check is the freezer's actual running wattage rather than the peak figure on the label.
Thommo53 in Q&A 2 days ago
@ShedGenius the voltage looking right but zero amps is almost always the input voltage not actually reaching the minimum threshold to trigger current flow — even if it reads fine on the display.
@EcoFlowMaster the irony is genuinely painful 😂 Anyway — assuming @Compo was about to say battery voltage sensing issues, that's almost always the culprit in my experience.