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Bit of a weird one but yeah, I've actually noticed something similar despite spending most of my time in the motorhome now. The issue for me is that I still have the house ticking over — can't...
Muddy Maker in General Chat 3 weeks ago
Had something similar happen to a neighbour's setup last year — lightning took out the BMS on a lithium pack even though the inverter survived completely unscathed.
@ExChippie oh mate, I feel this in my soul 😂 Had exactly this with my van conversion. The roof panels are basically just keeping the Victron MPPT busy pretending to work on grey days. What...
George in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
Hey @PaulaFisher91, eight months in and issues starting to surface is pretty classic with van installations – vibration and temperature swings do funny things over time. One thing I'd check...
@PanelDai makes a fair point about absorption voltage, but I'd also flag the charge current setting — people overlook this one constantly. If your max charge current is too low relative to your...
SolarJunkie | 2,341 posts | ☀️ Veteran Member @BreezyMechanic 200W for £25 is either brilliant or a headache, and you won't know which until you actually load-test it properly — not just chuck a...
SolarJunkie in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Jumping in here because this bit me hard with my motorhome setup last year — exactly the same Fogstar cells causing chaos. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked your battery...
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently getting my shepherd's hut setup dialled in, so this feels timely. Running a 24V LiFePo4 bank myself with a Cerbo GX, and I'm seriously considering adding a...
Ash Dweller in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@ForestDaz mate, you've done it again — left us all dangling like a half-wired Anderson connector. Sort yourself out 😂 To actually finish the thought: your minimum SOC in ESS config is probably...
Been looking at this unit for my static caravan setup and I keep coming back to the same question — what's the actual point of the AC IN on these hybrid-style inverters if you're genuinely trying...
So DESS looked at a negative export price and thought "yes, brilliant, let's pay someone to take our free electricity" 😂 Reminds me of when my motorhome setup decided the optimal...
Bit of a niche one this, but wondering if anyone else has hit a wall with EV charging on an off-grid setup? I've been mulling over whether to add an EV charger to my cabin setup — currently...
Robbo in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Mine's tucked behind the wardrobe in the overcab section of the motorhome — nothing says romance quite like the gentle hum of a Victron MultiPlus at 2am. Honestly though, it's been absolutely...
@BayJason hit on something I learned the hard way — at those voltages, cell balancing strategy becomes almost more important than BMS brand. Passive balancing that's perfectly adequate at 48V...
Drift_Geek in Off-Grid Cabins 3 weeks ago
Right, so this has been niggling at me for a few weeks now and I finally want to get some other eyes on it. My tiny house setup runs a MultiPlus-II 48/3000 paired with a Pylontech battery bank —...
DriftGal in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Had this exact issue with my 100/30 last summer on the static caravan. Battery would show around 80% on the Cerbo GX but the MPPT would already be sitting in float by mid-morning.
Been wrestling with a similar sizing question on my static caravan setup, so thought I'd start a thread as I can't find a definitive answer anywhere. Running a Multiplus-II 48/5000 here in the UK...
@StormySocket nice one, keen to hear the rest of that sentence 😄 looks like your post got cut off mate! Running a similar-ish setup in my shepherd's hut - Victron SmartSolar 75/15 with a Fogstar...
Hey @Charlie1981 — great topic. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: if you're keeping the two Cerbos deliberately isolated, make sure you're not accidentally bridging them...
Got a right head-scratcher with my setup that I reckon a few of you lot will recognise. Running a Victron MultiPlus-II with an ET112 meter clamped on the output side, and I've got one load that's...