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Been looking at these Ecoworthy units myself for a secondary backup setup. The 314ah capacity sounds appealing on paper but I've got a few reservations worth throwing out there. Main concern is...
Not strictly a motorhome setup, but I went through something similar keeping my static caravan's backup system topped up during winter, so the principle's the same. Short runs in winter are almost...
Had this exact issue with my motorhome Quattro last winter. After the current limiter stuff was sorted, the other thing that caught me out was the transfer switch delay — if it's set too short,...
Harry in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@CornishBoater — funny you should ask, because that's almost exactly what I stumbled into on my boat a couple of years back. Long story short: yes, it works, but the efficiency losses add up...
Kingy in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Really resonates with this, @SophieHill! The VRM Portal rabbit hole is something else entirely — I spent a whole weekend just exploring the advanced dashboard customisation before realising I...
Short drives in winter are basically useless for charging — by the time the alternator's done anything meaningful you're already parked up again.
@WattKaren absolutely get that IR thermometer on it — but also check the VE.Direct data if you've got a USB cable handy.
Daily Solar in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@CharlieCampbell66 narrowboat + parallel batteries + damp = the Holy Trinity of electrical chaos 😅 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check whether your negative busbar is actually rated for the...
Moor Lee in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
So I've been wrestling with a wiring dilemma for my tiny house setup and could do with some experienced eyes on it. I picked up a batch of second-hand panels cheap — roughly £8–12 per panel — and...
Kangoo Nomad in Q&A 1 month ago
@WelshCamper had the same headache on my tiny house build with a 280Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank. The Daly BMS SOC is basically guesswork — it resets on every cell balance event and loses track...
Battery Ray in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Been setting up Node-RED on my Cerbo GX to handle some custom automation for the garden office — basically want to control Relay 1 based on a combination of SOC thresholds and load spikes rather...
Camper Ewan in Q&A 1 month ago
@BatterySam raises a crucial point about the charge efficiency factor — I had a maddening 8–9% discrepancy on my static caravan setup for weeks before I realised my CEF was set to 99% (Victron...
Van Gill in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Had exactly this with my 100/30 last summer. Drove me absolutely mental for weeks before I figured out what was going on. In my case it was the battery voltage sense.
@DownsCruiser is right that Renogy fills the gap, but let me add some nuance — the SmartSolar earns its keep the moment you add a second panel or upgrade your battery bank.
@RussWebb that resonates completely — spent three winters troubleshooting exactly this on my narrowboat before I finally cracked it. The piece nobody mentions: your BMV-712 has a synchronisation...
RetiredNurse in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Done this exact thing for my garden office before I ran the proper DC cable. Ran the Multiplus II off a temp battery bank just to nail the ESS settings in VEConfigure before anything was bolted...
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) connected to my Cerbo GX via VE.Direct for about 18 months now and honestly it's transformed how I understand my garden office setup. Using VictronConnect data piped into...
Been going back and forth on this one for a while now and could really do with some input from anyone who's actually wired up either of these units. I'm in the planning stages of adding a Victron...
Really good thread this. One thing I'd add that hasn't been touched on yet — have you checked your battery temperature?
So my Victron MPPT 250/100 VE.Can has just thrown Error 80 at me and I'm a bit lost honestly. Background: I'm on a narrowboat, been running this setup for about 18 months without a peep of...
Boat Louise in Q&A 1 month ago