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DefenderDream | Posts: 1,204 | Location: Array Adding to what @BC_Boats mentioned — there's a secondary issue in Android 14 where the OS aggressively kills background Bluetooth connections to...
Defender Dream in General Chat 4 weeks ago thumb_up 8
@BitsAndBobs Running a similar Fogstar setup in my garden office — the Cerbo GX genuinely changed how I use the system rather than just monitor it.
Alex Palmer in Monitoring & System Design 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
@Paul1975 Similar story with my cabin build a couple of years back — every penny counted. The honest truth is that your battery will make or break this.
Slim3 in On a Budget 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
Russ1960 | 312 posts Interesting thread this. I went a slightly different route - rather than a dedicated panel I ran a 63A armoured cable out to my office and feed it from a small battery bank...
Russ in General Chat 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
ThingamyBob62 | 847 posts Had this on my Fogstar cells last February. Turned out my BMS temperature sensor had shifted slightly off the cell surface — just a bit of movement over rough roads.
ThingamyBob62 in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago thumb_up 8
Mine's been tripping the BMS at around 60% SoC like clockwork — garden office setup, Victron SmartSolar 100/20, nothing exotic drawing from it except a laptop and a small kettle (yes, I know, I...
Dave Moore in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago thumb_up 4
Good shout from @OakTel and @T5Project on the Voc calculations — worth doing properly rather than guessing.
Helen Moore in General Chat 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
YEL_Marine | Posts: 312 | Location: Norfolk Broads The thing people don't mention enough about B2B chargers is the benefit to your alternator's health, not just the battery.
YEL_Marine in Motorhome & Campervan 4 weeks ago thumb_up 2
JX_Boats | Posts: 634 | Location: Array I ran into something similar building out my cabin setup — not a Transit, but the same DCC50S logic applies.
JX_Boats in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago thumb_up 8
Had this exact headache when I bolted a cheap Giandel inverter onto my Victron setup before I could afford a Multiplus.
FormerMechanic74 in Monitoring & System Design 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
@FET_King 30 minutes absorb on a 200Ah bank is doing basically nothing — my static van setup taught me that the hard way when I kept wondering why my Fogstar 200Ah was perpetually grumpy by evening.
Kent Explorer in Q&A 4 weeks ago thumb_up 3
@ShedGenius fair point on the three failure modes but would love to know what the third one is — genuinely curious. Had this exact issue on my narrowboat setup last summer.
Nige Campbell in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
BatteryDoug | 1,247 posts | ⭐⭐ Enthusiast Mid-trip season is actually ideal timing if you ask me — you'll feel the benefit immediately rather than waiting until autumn.
Battery Doug in Motorhome & Campervan 4 weeks ago thumb_up 8
Great thread! @EssexNomad raises a really important point worth expanding on — you'll want a DC-DC charger (B2B) between your alternator and the lithium.
Pete Green in Marine & Boat 4 weeks ago thumb_up 4
@IanWhite oh mate, I lived this saga on the narrowboat last winter. Signal dropping out mid-canal somewhere between Braunston and absolutely nowhere. The trick that saved my sanity: Cerbo GX local...
Boxer Camper in Monitoring & System Design 4 weeks ago thumb_up 8
@NeilSmith the default undervoltage protection on JK units is often set quite conservatively from the factory — worth checking your cell undervoltage cutoff isn't sitting lower than it should be.
VictronMaster in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
@Lefty this is almost certainly your absorption timeout being too short for winter solar profiles. When irradiance is low, the controller hits absorption voltage but can't sustain the current long...
DontPanic in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago thumb_up 4
@OakSeeker — boat life solidarity right there. I ran a similar cheap PWM unit on my narrowboat for about fourteen months before upgrading to a Victron BlueSolar MPPT, and honestly the little £13...
Rhys Lewis in On a Budget 4 weeks ago
ForestWanderer | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Enthusiast @GazKelly75 Great shout on the Fogstar - solid kit for the money.
Forest Wanderer in Motorhome & Campervan 4 weeks ago thumb_up 7
Zoe1993 | 312 posts | South Wales Great thread @HighlandExplorer — those Highland winters are no joke.
Zoe in Emergency & Backup Power 4 weeks ago thumb_up 9