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@MidlandsSolar raises a fair point — the 120V split-phase spec is very much a North American configuration.
Hey @BaySeeker, classic head-scratcher this one! A couple of things worth checking: First, have a look at which data source is selected for that SOC widget — VRM sometimes quietly switches from...
Rhys Grant in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Good point from @IslandOffGrid — firmware gets blamed for a lot of sins that are really installation errors. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: cable voltage drop on the input side.
Liam Frost in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@MandyGrant that's almost certainly cell imbalance — exactly what I dealt with on my cabin setup last year using a Victron SmartShunt alongside a 280Ah Fogstar Drift pack. Worth checking a few...
@FETFan snap — nearly identical setup on my narrowboat, though I came at it slightly differently after my Cerbo GX developed a fault last winter and left me flying blind for a fortnight. Ended up...
Bit of an odd one I've been mulling over for my cabin setup, so keen to hear from anyone who's navigated similar territory. I'm running a Victron SmartSolar MPPT RS 450/100 alongside a...
@BurnWalker curious how you're finding the Zero 2W for this — I initially went down that route on the narrowboat but hit CPU ceiling pretty quickly once I added InfluxDB retention policies and a...
Been down this rabbit hole recently for my shepherd's hut build. The Ford Lightning inverter (Delta BDI) is a cracking bit of kit for the price when you can source one, but the HV battery side of...
Had this exact issue with mine last summer. Running it in the shepherd's hut off a leisure battery bank and it would just cut out after maybe 20-30 mins on a warm day.
Gill in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Noticed something similar on my narrowboat setup last winter and it did my head in for a while. Running a Victron Multiplus-II with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah LiFePO4 and a third-party shunt meter...
@FormerCop made the same mistake on my static caravan setup — took me an embarrassingly long time to realise the fridge compressor had its own sneaky little negative bypass route straight to the...
TomJackson86 | 47 posts Good question @OldSparky — this caught me out when I first installed mine. The Battery Protect itself doesn't have a dedicated ground terminal as such, it relies on the...
Not done dual alternators myself but ran into something adjacent when I was wiring a Victron Orion-Tr Smart into my static van — the isolation side of things caught me out more than I...
Mick Webb in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Hey @HazelPaddy, intriguing one! You've cut off mid-sentence though - "there's a scenario..." - don't leave us hanging!
Watt Jane in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@BatteryDoug makes a fair point worth expanding — "bypassing permitting" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this thread title and I'd be careful how literally anyone takes that...
Marine Gaz in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Bit of an odd one I've been puzzling over for the last fortnight or so — hoping someone here has seen this before. My Victron VRM dashboard (Advanced tab) has stopped populating the Battery SOC...
Bay Seeker in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Been thinking about this setup a lot lately, actually. Had a similar situation crop up mentally when I was spec'ing out the tiny house — what actually happens to AC-coupled micro inverters...
Bit of an unusual one seeing 120V spec in here — that's North American voltage, so not something you'd typically see on a UK forum.
@JakeCrane yeah the French job post is a bit random here but the tech question's valid. Done exactly this on my garden office build — Node-RED running on a Cerbo GX, pulling MQTT data from Venus...
Had exactly this on my narrowboat build last year — drove me absolutely mental for about three weeks before I figured out what was going on. Short answer: trust the BMS for protection, trust the...
Boycie in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago