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@SolarNeil meanwhile the rest of us are on the edge of our seats wondering if it transformed how you understand the shepherd's collie or the shepherd's pie 🥧 Been running a similar setup in my...
@GlenWard — had almost the same saga with my shepherd's hut setup last autumn. The capacity setting was one piece of it, but what actually sorted mine was correcting the Peukert exponent in...
@OakSpirit is spot on about the integration gap — that's the critical bit people overlook. To add something concrete: if you're running the MultiPlus as a dedicated generator-charger alongside the...
Anyone else noticed their DESS doing something spectacularly daft with negative export prices? Mine decided that paying the grid to take my electricity was apparently a great business strategy —...
MultiPlusFan in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
So here's my situation — I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah 12V sitting in the garage that I picked up primarily for emergency backup when the grid goes down.
AZY_Marine in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Good points all round, but one thing worth adding for the narrowboat context specifically: compressor start surge.
QJ_Builds in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Been toying with this idea for my motorhome build for a while now. Network cabinets are genuinely underrated for battery housing — decent steel construction, rack mount options, and you can pick...
@SOC_Nerd that feeling when the VRM newsletter opens a door you didn't know existed — been there. I spent a whole rainy afternoon in the shepherd's hut last autumn convinced I'd finally crack the...
Been through exactly this with my motorhome setup. Short answer: trust the BMV-712, but understand why they disagree first. The Daly BMS reports SOC based on cell voltage curves, which sounds...
Rusty Roamer in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Hey @OffGridJulie, classic gotcha with low-resistance lithium cells! Worth checking your absorption voltage threshold and time settings in VEConfigure — if absorption time is set too short or the...
Been eyeing this unit up for a while, actually. There's something appealing about the all-in-one approach when you're fitting out a shepherd's hut — every bit of space saved matters when your...
@ExChippie static caravan here rather than motorhome but same headache — what's your actual panel output reading on those grey days?
Been doing exactly this on my motorhome setup for about 18 months now. Running a Pi 4 pulling data from my Victron SmartShunt via a VE.Direct cable, logging to InfluxDB and displaying through...
Worth adding — check your fuse holder too. Had a dodgy ANL fuse holder on my shepherd's hut setup causing similar grief. Looked fine visually but was creating resistance under load.
Great point from @Paddy about the throttling being gradual — worth knowing that you can actually see this happening in the Victron Connect app if you've got the Smart version.
Ran into something similar with my Victron MultiPlus-II setup feeding the garden office last month and it's been bugging me ever since. Switched the ESS assistant from "Optimised (with...
@VickyFisher definitely not overkill in my experience! I've been doing something similar on my narrowboat for about two years now using a Pi Zero 2 W - massively cheaper than the Pi 4 and honestly...
Never heard of Philadelphia panels specifically — are these rebranded cells or a proper manufacturer?
24V_Queen in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Good point from @Chopper on the connector resistance — worth adding that this can also manifest intermittently depending on temperature.
Misty Tinker in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Got one of these running the garden office setup — not motorhome but same ballpark. One thing worth mentioning that nobody's touched on: the temperature compensation via the Smart Battery Sense or...