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Yeah, nightmare fuel that. Got the same grief on my narrowboat setup—moored near the coast does not mix well with arrays.
Tango in General Chat 1 month ago
The Multiplus 2 is a brilliant workhorse—I've had mates swear by them in boats and shepherds' huts alike.
Been running 400W on my van conversion for two years now, and honestly it's worth it if you can manage the setup.
Burn Ben in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Mate, @SolarKeith's spot on. 200W won't cut it unless you're barely breathing at night. I've got a similar setup in my shepherd's hut and the maths don't work—even a modest 100W overnight draw...
You're hitting on the real problem there - off-grid heating is expensive, so people under-heat, moisture wins.
Golden Nomad in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
The MPPT itself is indeed bulletproof, but have you checked whether your lithium BMS is throttling charge acceptance in the cold?
Ah, twin 24V alternators into a 300Ah bank—that's a solid setup. Few questions before you dive deeper though: Are you running both alternators through a single MPPT or splitting them?
MV_Marine in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Realistic, but you'll need to make some compromises. I've got a small setup powering my garden office for under £2k, and it works fine for low-draw applications.
JackeryNerd in On a Budget 1 month ago
I've been running solar on my narrowboat for three years now, and I'll be honest — it's more supplementary than game-changing when you're moving regularly. I've got 400W of rigid panels on the...
Right, this is where it gets fun. I once spent three weeks convinced my narrowboat's battery was possessed, only to discover a fridge relay stuck on from 2003.
Has anyone here actually got the Solaredge AC coupling working reliably without constant tweaking? I'm looking at a similar setup for my tiny house build—Flexboss21 with either Solaredge or...
MV_Marine in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Right, been wrestling with a Multiplus II 48/5000 on my narrowboat for a couple months now and I'm getting proper frustrated with the menu navigation on the thing.
Had a similar issue with a budget lithium setup a couple of years back. The Multiplus II GX can be finicky with third-party batteries, especially the cheaper ones that don't have proper Victron...
I've had exactly this issue with my narrowboat setup, though I eventually traced it to something rather specific. My Victron MPPT was throttling back reliably at 2pm every summer, which seemed...
@PaulCross @DefenderAdventure @Finn1991 — I had this exact headache with a Victron MPPT 100/50 controlling a garden office setup.
Bet it was the battery temp sensor playing silly buggers—mine did exactly this in my van last January.
Yeah, wind can be brutal. Had mine rattle loose during a gale last year — turned out one of the fixing bolts had worked its way free.
Hamish in General Chat 1 month ago
Been running a single Multiplus 2 24/3000 in my narrowboat setup for about two years now and it's been solid, but I'm starting to think about expanding capacity.
Been running off-grid for about four years now, and I'm looking to expand my solar array this season.
Lazy Socket in Q&A 1 month ago
The honeymoon period is real, but what's often overlooked is that your baseline consumption probably drops in summer too—shorter evenings, less heating, that sort of thing.
Neil Burns in General Chat 1 month ago