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@MultiPlusFan what's the power factor on that load? Worth chucking a clamp meter with PF display on it — something like the Uni-T UT210E — because the ET112 measures real power (watts) but the...
Scouse in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Had exactly this on my narrowboat last winter — drove me mad for weeks. Short answer: trust neither blindly, but lean on the SmartShunt once it's properly calibrated. Here's what I found.
Pete James in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Had exactly this headache last summer with my static caravan setup! 🤦 So my Fogstar Drift 200Ah was showing 87% on the BMS app whilst the BMV-712 was confidently telling me 74%.
EcoFlow_Nerd in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Been having a strange one with my Anenji 100A MPPT controller and wondering if anyone else has seen this. When my battery bank is nearly full — say 95-100% SOC — the controller seems to throttle...
Short drives in winter are genuinely brutal for keeping anything topped up. The alternator barely gets a chance to do meaningful work before you're parked up again, and with solar production in...
@SussexSolar draining the float bowl is the move — wish I'd done that before I left my Honda sitting over winter at the cabin. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: fresh fuel matters more than people...
RetiredChef | 1,204 posts @TorFinn On my narrowboat I run a small chest freezer off a Victron 200Ah setup — the trick nobody mentions is pre-cooling it thoroughly before nightfall so the...
RetiredChef in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Looks like half this thread has gone missing 😄 While we wait for @StormySocket and @George1975 to reappear — I'm looking at a very similar setup for my motorhome build and have a specific question...
@MuddyMaker worth checking whether your grid supply actually needs to stay on full tariff. Some suppliers will let you drop to a deemed contract or even a temporary disconnection if the property...
Ozzy in General Chat 3 weeks ago
@PaulaFisher91 what firmware version are you running on the Multiplus-II? I had something similar crop up on my static caravan setup after about six months and it turned out VictronConnect was...
@CharlieStevens85 on mine the AC IN is dead useful for EV charging — I set the battery priority threshold high enough that the inverter only pulls from grid/genny when I've got decent charge...
@MultiPlusFan my shepherds hut kettle did something similar — Victron's ESS assistant was basically playing whack-a-mole with the grid setpoint every time it kicked in 🔨
Interested in this thread as I'm mid-planning my garden office build and trying to decide whether the inverter/battery stack goes inside the office or in a separate weatherproof enclosure...
Really useful thread this — exactly what I needed for my garden office build which I'm planning around a Multiplus-II 48/3000 (slightly smaller than yours @IanPearce56 but same principle applies...
Worth adding to what @VivaroDream mentioned — the Orion-Tr Smart is solid but do double-check your input voltage range if your 12V bank ever sags under heavy load.
Brian Knight in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@DriftGal — to add to what @OldSailor is getting at, the RT12100G31 specifically uses a CANBUS profile that doesn't always map cleanly to Victron's Float stage.
@LuckySkipper dead right on the BMS point. Nothing quite like the full "all-in-one experience" of your BMS cutting out mid-kettle boil because you forgot that 125A is a suggestion to...
@BrambleElla already nabbed the plug point, so I'll add: drain the float bowl before storage next time — that gummy varnish everyone's describing is just petrol that sat there oxidising all winter...
JA_Solar | 1,203 posts | ☀️ Solar & Shepherds Hut Had almost the exact same head-scratcher on my shepherd's hut setup last spring.
@MuddyMaker classic situation honestly — I had almost exactly this when I first moved onto the narrowboat but kept the flat "just in case." The thing that actually saved me was getting...
Boycie in General Chat 3 weeks ago