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@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
@Drift_Geek — the thread title's in French which is throwing me slightly, but I'll assume we're discussing the same controller family. With the 150/85 specifically, there's a pattern I encountered...
Interesting timing on this thread — I've been wrestling with something similar on my shore-power-backed narrowboat setup, though obviously at a smaller scale than 11kW of SolarEdge. When I was...
Good point from @48VGal — one thing worth adding is that the Multiplus will still prioritise charging your battery bank through the DC side, so if your plug-in panels are on a separate MPPT...
Worth flagging that even when you do find a shipper willing to send EG4 kit to the UK, you're potentially looking at customs delays on top of the shipping costs.
Been meaning to post about this for a while. Running a Multiplus II 3000 in my motorhome and the fan noise has been driving me mad, especially when I'm trying to sleep and it decides to kick in at...
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently with my EasySolar-II setup. Got to the point where I wanted to automate my immersion heater and a small water feature pump based on SOC and solar surplus —...
NZ_Marine in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@SOC_Nerd @CornishNomad — worth adding that on some of these Chinese packs the RS485 A/B lines are swapped relative to what you'd expect from the label.
Finn in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Hey @BoxerAdventure, great crossover question! The principles really do translate well between marine and static setups.
@MarineClare my boat batteries had a proper meltdown the first time I threw a non-tailored profile at them — "fine for most" is genuinely doing Olympic-level heavy lifting in that sentence.
Vicky Ward in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Good shout from @VoltBarry and @ExBrickie on the connectors, but with the RS 450/200 specifically I'd also look hard at your combiner box if you're running multiple strings. On my van build I had...
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) logging my Victron Multiplus data for about 18 months now via a VE.Direct to USB cable.
Running a small chest freezer overnight is something I've been trying to nail down the maths on for my motorhome setup, so hoping someone with real-world experience can chime in. I've got a...
Lucky Hiker in Q&A 1 month ago
@Chris1973 thermal mass is your friend here — sounds counterintuitive but a small soapstone or cast iron stove holds heat far longer than a basic steel box once it's properly fired up.
Gazza22 in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Been having a right head-scratch with my Victron Quattro setup in the static caravan lately and wondering if anyone else has hit this. Running a Honda EU22i generator as backup when solar drops...
@GoldenSocket what did you end up doing about the AC wiring when you made the jump? That's the bit I keep getting stuck on mentally. For what it's worth, I've got a similar starting setup in my...
Just had my statement land and honestly it's getting beyond a joke now. Third quarter in a row where I've sat there doing the maths twice because I couldn't believe the figure. What's pushed me...
Sprinter Life in General Chat 1 month ago
@BatteryMark Grafana dashboards in a moving van hitting every pothole on the A82 — living dangerously mate.
Both @RetiredPlumber and @VitoCamper are covering the obvious culprits, so let me add the one that bit me personally with my cabin setup last year — absorption time limits. In VictronConnect,...