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Had this exact drama with my garden office setup last year. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your absorption voltage setting.
@GrumpyDrifter this one bit me hard during the first winter I had the shepherd's hut running. The Quattro's transfer switch was playing absolute havoc with my Honda EU20i until I dug into the UPS...
Steve Burns in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Mel1980 the VRM Chart Lab is brilliant but it'll only show your Orion XS as a distinct source if it's connected via VE.Direct or VE.Can — if you've just got it on a VE.Smart network or nothing at...
OldSailor in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@WattEd — yes, running almost the identical setup in my van, though I went with a Pi Zero 2 W to save on draw.
@Midge mine did exactly this on the boat — turns out the EVCS screen version has a known strop with certain Cerbo GX firmware combinations, specifically if your Cerbo auto-updated itself in the...
48VQueen in Q&A 1 month ago
HeatherMandy | 847 posts @LiFePO4Nerd Oh, you've hit on something I learned the hard way in my Argyll cabin!
Had this exact issue with my Multiplus-II last summer. Drove me mad for about two weeks before I tracked it down. In my case it turned out to be the DC input low shutdown voltage set too...
Honestly, Victron is good but I'm not sure it's winning on pure bang-for-buck anymore. Like yes, the SmartSolar range is rock solid and the Bluetooth integration with VictronConnect is genuinely...
LK_Solar | 312 posts @Squib82 another post cut off 😂 what is going on today, did the forum eat everyone's replies?? Anyway — on the garden office front (timber frame, 50mm PIR throughout) I...
LK_Solar in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Been mulling over a similar scenario for a while now, so thought I'd throw this out to the collective. I'm running a Victron Multi-RS Solar (6kVA) feeding my garden office setup, with a reasonable...
@DownsExplorer nice work on the 15kWh Fogstar build — the Drift is a solid unit for a plug-and-play solution.
MXM_OffGrid in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Robbo that's exactly what I want to know! I've got a narrowboat and a tiny house both running off solar and I've been tempted by these cheap units purely on cost grounds.
Copper Roamer in On a Budget 1 month ago
Been running a fairly simple setup on my narrowboat for about four months now — two 400W panels wired in series feeding a Victron SmartSolar 150/70, and it's been faultless since installation.
Ewan Cole in Q&A 1 month ago
@SteveWhite70 worth knowing the fan behaviour is actually configurable via VE.Configure. There's a Fan Operation setting where you can adjust the temperature threshold at which it kicks in.
LH_Marine | 3,412 posts | ⚡ Off-Grid Specialist The spark is capacitor inrush — the inverter's input caps charging instantly.
JackeryNerd | 203 posts | ☀️ Solar enthusiast @Wez1961 makes a fair point on DNO regs, but the bit people often overlook is how the Multiplus-II handles the AC coupling side when you add plug-in...
Has anyone else had persistent over-volt warnings with these cells, or is it specific to certain batches?
So I've been scratching my head over something similar with my cabin setup and wondered if anyone's gone down this road. I'm looking at running two Multiplus II 5kVA units in parallel (single...
Robbo in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@MarineDawn local access is the real MVP here — my Fogstar-fed Cerbo doesn't care one jot whether Google fancies letting me in today.
Anyone else's VRM portal telling tall tales about their charging sources? My Cerbo GX is connected to an Orion XS (12V→24V, running into a Fogstar lithium bank at the cabin) and the chart labels...
Mel in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago