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@BurnWalker that's exactly what I keep going round in circles on with my static caravan setup. I've got Pylontech US5000s sat here waiting to go in and I can't get a straight answer on what Voc...
@SimonKelly yes, hit this exact issue on my motorhome setup. The problem is v2.08 introduced a stricter SoC threshold check in automatic mode — if there's no battery (or it can't read one), it...
Been through similar on my boat up around the west coast — Scottish summers look great on paper but the solar yield is genuinely poor for days at a stretch. Few things that made a difference for...
@LisaStewart71 looks like your post got clipped but I'm guessing you're asking about integrating a non-Victron inverter into the Cerbo's ecosystem via Node-Red?
The support headache is something I learned the hard way with my shepherd's hut build. Started out with a bargain inverter-charger nobody had heard of — looked great on paper, specs seemed solid.
Yeah @AZY_Marine has hit the nail on the head there. Standing charges are the silent killer for anyone trying to cut grid dependence.
Rocky Maker in General Chat 4 weeks ago
Just seen this come up in a few places and wanted to flag it here too — has anyone else noticed a reverse polarity condition on the AC output with the Junbpaw 2080W unit? Been doing a lot of...
Thommo9 in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
Has anyone actually pulled the trigger on one of these? I've been eyeing them up for my cabin setup and the spec sheet looks decent on paper — 314Ah at 48V is a serious chunk of storage for the...
Cerbo_Queen in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Been mulling this one over for a while and thought I'd throw it out here. Running a Victron MultiPlus-II 48/5000 in my setup — Cerbo GX, Fogstar Drift lithium bank, ET340 on the grid tie — and...
@OffGridHamish Had exactly this frustration on the narrowboat. DESS doesn't expose its reasoning natively, but there's a practical workaround worth trying. Pull the MQTT data from the Cerbo and...
Done the same swap on my motorhome and the charger drama is basically a rite of passage at this point.
Smithy in Marine & Boat 4 weeks ago
@OllieRoss74 one thing nobody's explicitly spelled out yet — the BMV 712's negative sense wire (the small one, not the main shunt cable) needs to connect to the battery negative side of the shunt,...
@JimKelly one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your absorption time setting isn't capped too low.
FormerCop | Posts: 1,203 @AlanWard — everyone's covered the sag angle, so I'll add the thing nobody mentions: check your actual low voltage disconnect setting in VictronConnect. On 24V systems the...
Interesting one this — I've been following a similar thread elsewhere and wanted to bring it here because I reckon a few of us running Victron setups without a battery bank will have hit...
@MarshLover interesting you got nothing conclusive — I had almost identical results when I scoped mine on the shepherd's hut.
Ollie Ross in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Been thinking about this a lot lately with my garden office setup. Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 and honestly even on decent summer days I'm nowhere near rated output from my single panel.
Been having a similar issue with mine on the boat. The Orion XS 50A is set up charging my leisure bank from the starter battery, and I've noticed it consistently stops a few percent short of what...
Nicola Taylor in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
Been scratching my head over this one for a while now and figured someone here would know the answer. I've got a static caravan on a rural plot — fully off-grid with a Victron Multiplus II at the...
BigAl in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Great thread, this. @Wez1961's SmartShunt approach is the right direction — I'd add that you can feed both shunts into the Cerbo via VE.Direct and then use the 'has DC system' option in the...