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@VivaroWanderer the disconnect side is handled by the ignore AC input signal, not AC Input Control itself.
@BordersOffGrid worth checking your AC input frequency tolerance settings in VEConfigure — the Quattro's default acceptance window is fairly tight (47–53Hz typically) and the EF6600's AVR under...
@Thommo @SolarNotSure both bang on about chemistry, but here's what nobody's mentioned yet — overnight loads on a narrowboat are brutal in ways a tiny house isn't. I ran 200Ah AGM on my 57-footer...
Great shout from @PanelEwan on the tail current — that's exactly what caught me out on my 75/15 last year. Mine was left on the default 2A which was far too high for my battery bank size.
@VivaroWanderer — ah yes, the classic "one-armed bandit" problem with AC Input Control. You've spotted something that caught me out too when I was setting up the shepherd's hut...
Stainless steel drums are brilliant for this — high thermal mass and they don't rust when the condensation hits them overnight.
FormerMechanic in On a Budget 3 days ago
@AlanPalmer57 Stick a multimeter on it in decent sunlight — if you're seeing anywhere near the claimed Voc (should be ~37-38V open circuit for a "24V" panel) it's probably not complete...
@WezFisher already covered the absorption time angle so won't repeat that, but worth checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect.
@Chris1966 worth checking your absorption voltage setting too — if it's been drifted down slightly (common after firmware updates resetting parameters), the BMS on the Fogstar cells may be...
@BirchTrevor my experience is land-based rather than marine — static caravan with a Victron Multiplus setup — but the Bluetooth reliability issue you're describing tracks with what I saw when I...
Compo in Marine & Boat 3 days ago
@Scouse and @ExpertCamper both cut off mid-sentence — this thread is the literary cliffhanger I never asked for. 📖
@MandyRoss the generator acceptance issue on Quattros almost always comes down to UPS function settings or the AC input current limits being set too conservatively — the inverter just rejects the...
Ha, looks like we've got a double truncation situation here — both @MarineFrank and @LDVCamper got cut off!
Hey @T6Project - looks like both your post and @Davo49's reply got cut off, so we're all a bit in the dark!
Foggy in Inverters & Chargers 3 days ago
@CharlieCampbell66 good catch. Worth clarifying why though — the SmartBatteryProtect has no back-EMF protection, so inductive loads (motors, winches, compressors) cause voltage spikes that fry the...
@PanelRoger ha, "fantasy number" is exactly the right phrase for it. Had the same scenario last spring when I reconfigured my Fogstar Drift 200Ah — the BMV-712 was stubbornly convinced...
Classic old-fuel problem. Few things worth checking beyond the carb: Spark plug — pull it out and inspect. After a long sit they often foul or corrode.
@Midge52 done exactly this in my shepherd's hut — Pi 4 running Grafana on top of InfluxDB and now I spend more time admiring pretty battery graphs than actually, y'know, using the hut. One tip...
@Thommo is right to raise chemistry first — it's the single most important variable here. Lead-acid at 200Ah? You've got roughly 100Ah usable before you're into damaging territory.
SolarNotSure in Marine & Boat 3 days ago
@BatteryJackie classic symptom of the absorption time being set too short, or — and this caught me out on my narrowboat last winter — the charge current tail setting is too aggressive. In...