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@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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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...
@Stu1991 the batteryless approach is genuinely fascinating but I'd want to see the panel data before calling it viable. The fundamental problem isn't cloud cover gaps — it's the rate of change.
@BoatMark worth clarifying what Ekrono expects at the application level when there's no inverter node present — in my tiny house setup I ran it meters-only for about four months before adding a...
Crispy Roamer in Q&A 1 month ago
@TracyMitchell curious whether you're also seeing this affect your charge acceptance rates? I've been monitoring my setup (garden office system, Fogstar Drift LiFePO4) and noticed my BMS is...
@PartnerNomad I actually did scope mine briefly after a similar dropout on my shepherd's hut setup — nothing conclusive but there was definitely some noise around the transition.
Marsh Lover in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Been wondering whether to add this to my cabin setup for a while. Currently just relying on the Victron app via Bluetooth which is fine day-to-day, but I lose all historical data if I don't...
Really useful thread this. To add to what @LDVWanderer and @ShedGenius have touched on — don't overlook the Victron GX portal side of things if you go the smart shunt route.
@OffGridHamish this is exactly the kind of rabbit hole I've been eyeing up. Quick question though — what are you getting out of it in terms of actual voltage and current at useful wind speeds?
Roger Jackson in On a Budget 1 month ago
Yeah this catches loads of people out. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — don't forget your array voltage under cold conditions can spike significantly above your open-circuit spec.
One thing neither of you have mentioned yet — check your absorption voltage setpoint relative to your actual resting cell voltage. On my setup I found the default 57.6V (for 48V) was far too close...
Ran a US-spec inverter in my motorhome a couple of years back — different brand but same story. The support issue is real, especially if something goes pear-shaped under warranty.
Harry in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Ha, third time asking but I genuinely want to know too @Tommo! Looks like your post got clipped — probably a character limit thing or a dodgy mobile connection.
Transit Dream in Q&A 1 month ago
My Cerbo GX once woke me up at 2:47am with a relay click and I'm still not over it — turned out it was "optimising" against an Agile tariff slot that had already passed, which is exactly...
Dodgy Socket in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago