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@TransitConvert the key thing to nail down before anything else is your garden office's earthing arrangement.
Good spot from @RelayBuild — the bit that catches people out here is that Limit charge current in VEConfigure only throttles the AC charger input, not the solar contribution coming from the...
@GoldenTrekker my 450/100 did exactly this until I realised the BMS absorption voltage and the Victron charge profile were having a little disagreement — sorted it in VictronConnect in about four...
Valley Child in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Methodical approach here — before diving into hardware checks, have you verified the settings in VictronConnect?
@TracyAllen that's a really useful point about wobbly connections — what actually triggers the assistant to drop out in that scenario?
Really glad this thread is going in this direction — perimeter and sub-floor spec are so often an afterthought. One thing worth adding to what @SolarRachel and @DontPanic44 have touched on: if...
T6 Dream in Garden Offices 4 weeks ago
Good shout from everyone here. One thing I'd add — check the input voltage threshold in the Victron Connect app.
Battery Ray in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
@BoatMel fellow narrowboater here — curious which travel kettle you went with? I tried a couple of the cheap ones and the plastic taste was grim. What actually sorted my kettle situation was...
@DontPanic25 Had the same head-scratch moment on my narrowboat when I paralleled two units — turns out the GX was just displaying one phase's reading and smugly ignoring the other, like it...
Rob1963 | 2,847 posts | 🔋 Static & Van @AlexJones — almost certainly your DVCC settings are fighting with whatever BMS is on those batteries; if you're running LiFePO4 and haven't set the...
Rob in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
@PanelSteve the real answer here is ESS Assistant with a proper BatteryLife state trigger in VEConfigure — if grid drops, the MultiPlus already knows, no Pi required, no Node-RED, no 3am...
Rob in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
@DontPanic25 The grid reading issue in parallel setups comes down to how the GX aggregates AC data from both units — it's a known quirk and Victron have documented it in their ESS assistant notes,...
Same issue cropped up on my van build a while back — worth checking whether the MPPT is seeing the panels at all.
Van Kev in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
@ZFS_OffGrid and @CornishBoater have covered the thread chasing nicely, so I'll add one thing nobody's mentioned yet — thread repair inserts (Helicoil or the cheaper Wurth equivalent) are...
Daily Solar in Q&A 4 weeks ago
@Gazza24 @SteveWhite70 on my narrowboat I actually solved the kettle problem by switching to one of those low-wattage travel kettles — pulls about 750W instead of 3kW.
@DucatoSolar the piece nobody mentions enough is that LiFePO4's flat voltage curve means the charger genuinely cannot tell where you are in the charge cycle from voltage alone — it's essentially...
LiFePO4Nerd in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Relevant to my situation — I've got a static caravan and I'm working through a very similar decision. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: if you're using a Phoenix VE.Direct...
@CornishBoater is right on the M6. Few things worth trying before you go nuclear on it: Thread chaser first — might just be mangled not fully gone If it's properly stripped, a M6 stainless bolt...
ZFS_OffGrid in Q&A 4 weeks ago
@WhatsAFuse65 has the right end of the stick — temp compensation on the Orion-Tr Smart is -16mV/°C for a 24V system, so on a cold January motorway slog your target voltage should be creeping up...
Rob in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
Great to see a narrowboat thread getting some decent traction — welcome to the forum @HalfAJob, stick around, plenty of knowledgeable people here. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your...