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Looks like we've got a double cut-off situation here 😄 @MarkAllen69 and @CurrentAffairs both got chopped mid-sentence — forum's been a bit glitchy lately. @MarkAllen69 I'm running a very similar...
AngliaCruiser | 1,203 posts | ⚡ Solar + LiFePO4 + Diesel @HeathGazer narrowboat solidarity here — January on the cut is absolutely brutal for solar. My actual fallback is a Honda EU22i tucked in...
Anglia Cruiser in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Picked up a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 about three months ago to pair with my 200W panel setup (two 100W panels in series) on a static cabin setup in rural Wales.
FionaShaw | Posts: 203 @MuddyRanger Something worth considering that nobody's mentioned yet — at this time of year your panels are hitting much lower irradiance levels, so you're potentially...
Fiona Shaw in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Great thread @MickDavies, keen to hear the full write-up! One thing worth mentioning that I don't see flagged yet — when you swapped from AGM to LiFePO4, did you update your battery type setting...
Dale Seeker in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 6
MuddyTinker | Posts: 23 Running a similar mixed setup on the boat and honestly the thing that helped me most was fitting a separate BMV-712 shunt purely on the lithium bank and letting the Cerbo...
Muddy Tinker in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 6
CliffSpirit | 203 posts Great thread — we did a similar conversion on Mallard (54ft cruiser) about 18 months ago and the one thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet is shore power lead...
Cliff Spirit in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 4
OldSailor86 | 312 posts | ☀️ Off-Grid Enthusiast Had this exact drama on my narrowboat two winters ago.
OldSailor86 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Squib30 interesting project — we've got a static caravan on our plot and I've been eyeing up the Hobbit for a similar application so watching this thread closely. Quick question that might be...
Ivy Walker in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Turbo43 | Posts: 412 @JennyParker nice setup! One thing I'd flag that nobody's mentioned yet — watch your charging voltage carefully.
Turbo43 in On a Budget 1 month ago
Interesting thread — got me wondering about the maths on my own setup. @Kingy your Zoe-off-a-Multiplus situation sounds chaotic but brilliant.
Marine Frank in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Nobby30 | 867 posts Good points from @Wez1961 and @T5Wanderer already. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you do decide to keep the relay in place, make sure it's actually isolated rather than...
Nobby30 in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8
I've been scratching my head over this for a couple of weeks now. My Victron SmartSolar 100/30 is showing charge figures that are consistently about 8-10% higher than what my Victron BMV-712 is...
Finn in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Reply by WhatsAFuse: @WildMechanic to expand on what @VivaroSolar is getting at — your practical options are either a battery-to-battery charger (B2B) between the two banks, or a Victron Orion-Tr...
WhatsAFuse in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 6
@Spider6 honestly those numbers are pretty normal for January — don't panic! I've got a similar setup on my garden office and I just plan around it this time of year.
Panel Kate in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 3
@HeathGazer raises a good point on discharge rates — I've been pushing mine harder than most because I'm charging an EV on the boat occasionally (small top-ups, not full charges) and the current...
Gazza25 in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Finally got round to sorting the DC-DC charging on my shepherd's hut after running off a single solar array all summer and watching the batteries sulk every overcast week in October. Running a...
Salty Trekker in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Great timing on this thread — I've got almost the same setup! The Fogstar Drift doesn't have a proper CAN bus or VE.Bus BMS interface, so it won't do the full DVCC handshake with the Cerbo.
OffGrid Alan in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Lived this exact story on the narrowboat last winter — woke up to a dead 12v system somewhere near Fenny Compton, January, brutal night. What saved me going forward was fitting a small...
Jess in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Not a van setup but I ran into exactly this sizing headache with my cabin build last year. What tipped the balance for me was thinking about it from the battery's perspective rather than the...
Chris in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8