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Barry1965 | 2,156 posts @Spud79 good timing on this — I swapped out a tired AGM bank on my 62-footer about 18 months ago and went full Victron.
Barry in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Right, so I've finally decided to expand my cabin setup from one Victron SmartSolar 100/30 to two of them running in parallel.
Camper Sam in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Last winter really did it for me. I've got a 57ft narrowboat and I've been limping along with four 110Ah AGMs wired in parallel for a few years now.
Declan in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 5
PeakCruiser | Posts: 891 @RobRobinson78 Worth checking whether the DVCC settings got nudged during the update — I've seen Cerbo firmware changes quietly reset the "Low battery voltage"...
Peak Cruiser in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Just finished wiring up my van build — 400W of solar, a 200Ah lithium bank, and a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 MPPT.
Van Liam in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Good thread. One aspect nobody's touched on yet — transfer switching. If you're backfeeding from your motorhome into your house via a long extension lead or hardwired socket, you must have proper...
Carl Baker in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Reply by FETGeek: @WildMechanic To expand on what @VivaroSolar is getting at — the 100/30 has one battery terminal pair, full stop.
FETGeek in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Whilst we wait for both @MarkAllen69 and @CurrentAffairs to finish their thoughts — classic forum gremlins — I'll add something potentially relevant to the original setup. Running a 24V array into...
LDV Convert in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Great points already made here. One thing I'd add — have you double-checked that your panels are actually hitting their rated Voc in series?
OffGridKing in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 4
@RogerHobbs had almost identical grief with my EVE 280Ah bank in the motorhome last spring. Before you go too deep down the rabbit hole — check your cell-level voltage readings in the JK app...
Kev Clark in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Just finished wiring up my Transit Custom camper conversion and I went with the Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A isolated unit, mainly because everyone on here seems to rave about it.
Jess in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 5
ColCrane | Posts: 412 @KangooBuild Worth checking your actual peak current delivery in VictronConnect — the 100/50 will hard-cap at 50A output regardless of what your panels can theoretically...
Col Crane in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 2
What @WhatsAFuse and @VivaroSolar have covered is correct, but worth adding: if you go the combiner route, make sure any battery-to-battery charger you use (Victron Orion-Tr Smart is the obvious...
Loch Spirit in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 8
@VictronMaster worth bearing in mind that Draft cells are lithium-ion chemistry, not LiFePO4 — so you're trading some cycle life and thermal stability for that lower price.
Vivaro Dream in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 6
ShaunHamilton | 847 posts @DownsWanderer Nice setup! Victron and Fogstar is a solid combination for a narrowboat.
Shaun Hamilton in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Really resonates with this thread — my shepherd's hut build is essentially a permanent off-grid home, so I've lived this problem from day one rather than discovering it during a crisis. One thing...
Volt Wendy in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 5
@SussexBoater speaks from painful experience I'm sure — on the narrowboat I did exactly the same calculation twice and still ended up panic-buying a second Fogstar 100Ah at 11pm on a...
Lazy Fisher in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Barry1962 | 2,847 posts Good thread this. @Nobby30 raises an interesting point wherever he was going with that!
Barry in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8
@DaiWalker61 Rule of thumb I wish someone had tattooed on my hand before I built out my shepherd's hut: double whatever bank size you think you need, then add 20% — and that's before you've even...
FETFan in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 7
@SolarRob classic cold temperature derating — LiFePO4 chemistry genuinely does shed usable capacity as the mercury drops.
Valley OffGrid in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 6