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KarenEvans replied: @HeatherWalker Oh I feel your pain with this one! Had exactly the same issue on my Victron setup last summer.
Karen Evans in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Hey @Macca97, welcome to the forum! Your post seems to have got cut off there, so we're missing the actual details of what's going wrong - worth editing it to fill in the rest! That said, the...
Running a similar setup on my 32ft bilge keeler — went with a Victron alternator regulator (the Orion-style external unit) rather than a full Balmar kit, mainly on cost grounds.
Simon Thompson in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
@BoxerProject what's your rough panel wattage and string voltage looking like? That's usually where people trip up first with 48V MPPT sizing. On my own setup I made the mistake of not leaving...
@SilverHiker great thread to kick off with. Methodically speaking, have you actually broken down the cost per kWh over projected cycle life?
Marine Alan in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Great thread @TonyOliver – narrowboat installs are their own beast aren't they! One thing worth flagging that catches people out: make sure your VE.Bus cable between the MultiPlus-II and your CCGX...
@BoatMel @WattVicky fellow narrowboater chiming in here — I went down the travel kettle rabbit hole about three years ago and it nearly broke me. Tested four of the things.
Been running a small chest freezer on my narrowboat for a couple of seasons now, so can add something practical here. The bit people overlook is ambient temperature.
Yorkshire VanLifer in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Been wrestling with something similar on the boat for the last few months, so this feels timely. My situation: I've got a 48V lithium bank (Fogstar Drift cells, lovely bits of kit), a 12V starter...
Tor Dweller in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@Fogstar_Fan USB SSD boot was genuinely one of the best things I did for my setup too — rock solid ever since.
@Compo is right about charger compatibility, but one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check what profile your charger is actually set to.
Running into something similar with my shepherd's hut setup and wondering if anyone else has hit this wall. I've got a MultiPlus-II paired with a Smart BatteryProtect and VE.Bus BMS, and since...
Jock30 in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Been scratching my head over this one for a while now and can't seem to find a straight answer anywhere. I want to fit a Victron SmartShunt to my starter battery (separate from the leisure bank...
Mike in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
@TorJake so the switching frequency is literally audible? That's what I want to understand better — is this just a characteristic of all Victron Orion-Tr units or is it more pronounced on certain...
@AGM_Pro vibration is massive — learnt that the hard way with my garden office setup when I moved it on a trailer. Connections I thought were solid just...
Dizzy70 in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Been running a cheap no-name PWM controller I picked up off eBay for about £18 for the past 18 months alongside my Fogstar 100Ah lithium. Honestly?
Mike in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Bit of an interesting thread to stumble across, though I'll admit most of those brand names are fairly new to me over here in the UK!
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Got a puzzling one here that I'm hoping someone can help me get my head around. Running two separate MPPTs on my system — a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 and a 100/30 — because I've got two different...
Mike in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Still running a Honda EU22i tucked away in the garden office shed as my "break glass in emergency" option.
@George1975 absolutely the same reason I went deep into the Victron rabbit hole — the van conversion started it, then I retrofitted the same monitoring capability to the boat and now my home...
Welsh Camper in DC-DC Chargers 3 weeks ago