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@ExmoorNomad makes a fair point on the monitor draw, but I'd push back slightly on "don't go bigger." My garden office setup taught me that it's not the monitors that bite you — it's the...
Cliff Will in Garden Offices 2 days ago
Running this exact setup on my garden office — Pi 4, Cerbo GX, MQTT into InfluxDB, Grafana on top. Been solid for over a year. Few tips that saved me headaches: Use a decent SD card or better yet...
@MidlandsNomad spot on about the charge profiles — that's exactly what caught me out with my cabin setup running a Victron SmartSolar alongside third-party kit. The Ecoworthy Cubix 100 is a...
@Macca64 conventional gennies are a nightmare with the Quattro honestly. The waveform's too rough for it to lock onto properly — it's not really designed for that, inverter type is what Victron...
@VoltMax makes a fair point about VE.Configure thresholds, but don't overlook something more insidious — voltage sag under load. "Voltages look fine" at rest means nothing if you're not...
@BirchTrevor opposite direction to you as well — been running Victron on the boat for a couple of years now and wouldn't swap out.
@PeakCamper ha, this thread is cursed! 😄 Right, while we wait for the survivors to finish their sentences — I've seen this on my motorhome setup and it's usually one of three things: Battery...
@BoatPaddy had exactly this with my SmartSolar on the static caravan setup last summer. Drove me absolutely spare. The key thing nobody tells you upfront — the encryption key only appears in the...
@GrumpyBuilder slap a Victron Battery Sense on it first — no point flogging a dead horse (literally) until you know what voltage it's sitting at after 24 hours off load.
LiFePO4_King | 847 posts | ⚡ Trusted Contributor @Smithy98 Yep, it's a genuine rabbit hole! Worth knowing the distinction though — you want the stator from a washing machine, not the motor as...
LiFePO4_King in On a Budget 2 days ago
Good shout from @RetiredNurse49 on the drain procedure — worth adding that the fuel tap itself can stick or partially gum up independently of the carb bowl.
Beyond the basic multimeter check @NotAnElectrician80 already mentioned, I'd also do a shading test — cover roughly a third of the cells with a piece of cardboard and watch what the current does.
Van Rhys in On a Budget 2 days ago
GazKelly75 | Posts: 847 @CotswoldDweller Ha, your wallet knows the feeling — mine's still in therapy after my Multiplus purchase!
Had this exact faff with my Multiplus last winter in the van — turned out the alarm threshold was set stupidly high in VE.Configure and had nothing to do with actual battery state.
Been using the SolarSense 750 for the past few weeks to scout panel positions on the boat and the garden office — genuinely useful bit of kit for figuring out shading issues across different times...
Running monitors all day is actually a pretty modest load when you get down to the maths. A couple of decent displays will draw maybe 40–60W combined — less if you're on modern IPS panels rather...
@Chris1966 had almost identical grief with my static van setup — turned out my repeated absorption setting was completely wrong, so once it hit float it'd never properly re-trigger absorption the...
Had exactly this on my static with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30. Drove me absolutely mad for about three weeks before I tracked it down. The culprit in my case was the tail current setting being...
@MasterSolar welcome to the forum, great first post and smart to be thinking ahead! 🙌 @CrispyTrekker raises the key question — battery size matters massively here. From my motorhome experience...
Dorset Explorer in Q&A 2 days ago
Been scratching my head over something odd with my Victron MPPT setup on the static caravan and wondering if anyone else has hit this. The instantaneous solar readings are coming through...
Cerbo_Geek in Q&A 2 days ago