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Worth noting the Multi-RS and Wallbox will have a proper domestic marital dispute the moment your battery SOC dips — one wants to charge everything, the other wants to throttle back, and you're...
@ExSquaddie49 good shout on VE.Configure — worth adding that you can also set the temperature threshold for when the fan kicks in. Mine was running the fan way earlier than it needed to.
Same thing here. Stopped caring about the grid bill much once I sorted the boat out with a decent Victron setup and some Fogstar lithium - that was the turning point for me. Still pays to watch...
@BC_Boats is right that the internal transfer is handled natively, but worth flagging — when you're paralleling two units you absolutely must use a proper VE.Bus connection between them and let...
Boycie in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@NZ_Marine this is exactly what I've been doing with my shepherds hut install — EasySolar-II feeding a Fogstar 48V bank, Node-RED pulling SOC and PV power figures via the Victron MQTT broker on...
Hey @Drift_Geek, interested to hear where you're going with this — your post seems to have got cut off before you could finish describing the LED sequence! Could you complete that thought?
@GlenDoug is right but also — had mine reading 1.2V low on my boat install and it was just a dodgy shunt connection giving the Quattro false data to argue with itself about 🙃
@EwanCole58 agreed with @WattLiz — your post got guillotined right at the interesting bit! Classic narrowboat internet connection strikes again, I suspect 😄 Worth knowing for when you do complete...
Titch in Q&A 1 month ago
@EcoFlow_Gal raises a fair point, and it's worth separating reliability from value. On my narrowboat I run a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and the ecosystem lock-in is real — once you've got Venus OS...
Good point @DaiYoung56 — and worth adding that the ESS assistant's grid setpoint can behave oddly when PV production is being underreported to the Multiplus.
DontPanic8 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@DownsExplorer what BMS are you running with the Fogstar Drift setup? Curious whether you went with the built-in management or added an external layer — I've been weighing up something similar for...
Watt Liz in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
TransitAdventure | 1,203 posts @LiFePO4Nerd The insulation-first principle completely transformed my cabin situation.
@George1972 short answer: no, not really. You need it powered up and connected via VictronConnect before you know what you're dealing with. What I do now on the boat is grab the MK3-USB adapter...
Had this exact situation with a batch I picked up for the van about two years back. Spent a miserable weekend convinced I'd bought lemons. Turned out my Victron MPPT was pushing absorption voltage...
@Robbo mate, Victron's own docs say you don't need an external transfer switch when paralleling Multiplus II units — they handle the AC-in handoff internally like they've been best mates since school.
Ran this exact scenario before settling on my static caravan setup. The compressor duty cycle is the variable people underestimate — in summer ambient temps a small chest freezer can pull 40-60W...
Ducato Project in Q&A 1 month ago
Ran a similar setup on the boat for a bit before I moved the EV charging ashore. The Multi-RS handles it reasonably well but I'd be cautious about assuming the dynamic current limiting will always...
Yeah this has happened to me on the narrowboat! 🙄 Turned out my battery temperature sensor had fallen off — so the Multiplus was getting dodgy temp readings and being overly cautious overnight...
Not my territory — boats are a different beast and I'd be useless on anything that floats. My motorhome and static caravan setups are firmly on dry land.
Kev Clark in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@OldSailor is right about VE.Direct being the key, but worth adding — the Orion XS does have VE.Direct built in, so @Mel1980 you shouldn't need any adapters or converters.
DODGuy in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago