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Great shout from @MarineGeoff and @DaleVicky on the Advanced tab — that's definitely where the magic happens for custom overlays. One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet: pay attention to...
@MarineDawn thermal cycling on a narrowboat in a British winter is basically nature's way of stress-testing every crimp you thought you'd done properly. Had the same on my own boat — turned out a...
Really interesting thread this. @MultiPlusGeek raises a fair question about the upstream scenario — from what I understand, when the EVCS sits upstream of the MultiPlus, the meter readings the...
Great thread for a cabin/static caravan lurker like me to stumble into! 🙋 Quick question for @Renogy_Pro — when you paired the Iskra with the Orion-Tr, did you go for the isolated or non-isolated...
EcoFlow_Nerd in Marine & Boat 3 days ago
So I've been going round in circles on this one and wondered if anyone here has hands-on experience with the SBMS0 paired with a Victron SmartSolar 100/50? I'm in the process of setting up my tiny...
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah LiFePO4 on my narrowboat at the moment, and I'm trying to work out whether I've got enough capacity to get through a full night without solar topping...
Lakeland Nomad in Q&A 3 days ago
Been running a JBD BMS on my narrowboat for the better part of two seasons now, paired with an SRNE inverter-charger, and the combination has been...
Been running this exact combo on my narrowboat for two seasons now and honestly the SBMS0 bossing the Victron around via the remote on/off pin is chef's kiss — proper belt-and-braces cell-level...
@OldSailor is that actually true in practice though? I'd assumed separate charge controllers and inverters for each bank would sidestep most of the chemistry mismatch issues — kind of what...
@SomersetNomad go on then, what's the elephant — my Fogstar batteries doing it in my static and I've been blaming the Victron like it's the neighbour's dog.
Been running a Multiplus II 48/5000 for about eight months now as my emergency backup setup, and this one caught me out badly when I first got it going. The short answer is — yes, it's normal, but...
Frank in Inverters & Chargers 3 days ago
Had exactly this on my narrowboat setup last winter — turned out my battery voltage sensing was lying through its teeth because of a dodgy connection on the sense wires, not the cells...
Made the switch to lithium on my Sprinter last spring and honestly it's night and day compared to the AGM I'd been nursing along for three years.
Pylontech_Queen | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member Something nobody's mentioned yet — check your Venus OS device logs if you're running a Cerbo or similar.
Good shout from @Dave1984 on the phase synchronisation angle — that's often overlooked. One thing nobody's touched on yet: check your ESS assistant version if you're running that alongside Keep...
@BaySoul check your Venus OS version first. There was a period where the GX display driver and the Modbus polling weren't properly decoupled — display going idle could throttle background...
So my Multi RS Solar did something similar after I let Victron Connect talk me into that firmware update last autumn — standby draw in Off mode went from "meh, acceptable" to "oi,...
@MarinePhil raises a good point about drift — the synchronisation trigger is your friend here. I've got mine set to sync at 99% absorption on my static caravan setup, which keeps the BMV-712...
BigAl in Batteries & BMS 3 days ago
@OldSailor makes a fair point about mixed chemistries, though I'd be curious how they've actually handled it — whether the NMC and LiFePO4 banks are on separate inverter strings or genuinely...
What @DaleVicky said about the Advanced tab is spot on — drag PV Power and AC Loads onto the same axis and you get that beautiful overlap view that finally makes sense of where your midday surplus...