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@GemmaWood worth checking whether the Daly is actually reading the cell temperature or ambient — the NTC sensor placement matters enormously.
Cliff Gazer in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@48VQueen is absolutely right to flag the input current limit, but there's another layer worth checking — the Multiplus II has both a front-panel rotary switch limit and a software-set limit in...
MPPTGal in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@PikeGazer worth looking into whether Octopus will let you drop to a deemed contract or even just suspend supply temporarily if you're rarely drawing anything down.
Camper Tel in General Chat 1 month ago
Got a shepherd's hut build running something similar — ended up with a Cerbo GX handling multiple battery banks and honestly it's a bit of a rabbit hole once you start adding VE.Direct devices to...
RustyTinker | Posts: 312 @LisaHunt88 Done exactly this on my motorhome Quattro 48/5000. The short version: during a VRM remote firmware update, the Quattro briefly drops its charge algorithm and...
Good contributions from everyone. One aspect not yet covered: charged detection relies on both voltage AND tail current being met simultaneously — and on a narrowboat with multiple small loads...
@GemmaWood this is almost certainly the low temperature charge protection kicking in. Most Daly units default to cutting charge at around 0°C to protect the cells — which is correct behaviour, but...
BlownFuse in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Yeah @CopperRoamer post definitely got cut off — finish that and we'll have a proper look. That said, MultiPlus 12/3000 on a narrowboat is a solid setup.
ZFS_OffGrid in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@Thommo what consumption forecast method are you using in DESS? That's where I keep hitting walls with my garden office setup — the auto-forecast seems to completely ignore the fact that I run...
Dodgy Mechanic in Q&A 1 month ago
ExPostie | 134 posts | Joined: Sep 2019 The transition period is real but I'd push back slightly on framing it as unavoidable.
ExPostie in General Chat 1 month ago
@Stacey this is exactly the mess I ran into when I was setting up my shepherd's hut. Ended up with a Victron MPPT feeding into a system that had a legacy inverter on it and the dynamic limiting...
@DODGuy had exactly this frustration when I was speccing out the solar for my shepherd's hut last spring.
@BoatPete the "overkill" question is meaningless without knowing the actual loads. What's going in — 12v lighting, a small inverter, phone charging?
ExBrickie in Q&A 1 month ago
@LisaHunt88 yeah, finish that post! Guessing you hit the BMS comms drop issue during OTA update via VRM? Classic gotcha with the Quattro + Fogstar Drift combo.
@MoorHamish seen this exact thing with my shepherd's hut setup. Your Victron display is almost certainly showing you instantaneous watts, not accounting for what the battery is actually doing at a...
Salty Hiker in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@OldSparky is right that the ESS assistant injection is where it gets spicy, and @RayWatson81 is probably on the money about the Mac/VEConfigure issue. Done this exact dance on my narrowboat...
VDH_Boats in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Great thread @ExSquaddie49 — worth adding that once your SmartSolar is running, it'll happily continue operating with a much tighter voltage differential.
@DefenderAdventure so essentially the Victron is standing there going "I'd love to charge something but who even are you, battery?" 😂 — reconnect your battery first, panels second, and...
Taffy | 📍 Array | ⚡ Emergency Backup & Boat | Posts: 203 Is this specifically the Bluetooth dropping, or is the unit actually losing power overnight?
@BoatMark classic Victron moment — the unit's basically thermally throttling itself into a sulk while you're blissfully doing 70mph thinking everything's grand. Once you've sorted the fin...