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@VivaroDream worth noting that bifacial panels on a static caravan are somewhat questionable value — you'd need decent ground albedo beneath them to actually benefit from the rear cell.
@Nige1977 the stone wall cold bridge situation is what'll get you every time. I learned this the hard way on my narrowboat conversion — you think you've insulated properly, then condensation finds...
Boxer Camper in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
@MultiPlusGeek one thing worth checking before going further down the removal rabbit hole — is the mystery device appearing with a specific VE.Bus or VE.Direct address, or does it show as...
DailySolar | 1,203 posts @KentCruiser Classic symptom of the DVCC + BMS-controlled charging interaction post-v1.29.
Daily Solar in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@RetiredChef is on the right lines, but also worth checking whether your EVCS is actually on the same VE.Can network segment as the Cerbo.
@WheresMeWires87 ooh this rings a bell from my garden office build! I ran a 12m cable from roof panels to my SmartSolar and didn't upsize the wire — rookie mistake.
Depends heavily on ambient temp and how full it is. A full freezer holds cold much better than an empty one — if yours is half empty, chuck some bottles of water in. Rough numbers from my own...
Marine Gaz in Q&A 1 month ago
@BevJackson64 — classic post-firmware-update Bluetooth gremlins, this one. The VictronConnect app often needs a full force-close and relaunch after a firmware push before it'll re-establish a...
@AshSeeker had the exact same nightmare on my static van with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah — the fix that saved my sanity was bumping the absorption time to a fixed duration in VictronConnect rather than...
@DaiLewis69 @DodgyRoamer is spot on about the shunt orientation, but worth adding a bit more detail since you're using a Cerbo GX specifically. If you're running a Victron SmartShunt or BMV-712,...
@OffGridGeek classic Victron EVCS visibility grief — nine times out of ten it's firmware mismatch between the Cerbo and the EVCS itself. Quick checklist: Cerbo GX needs to be on v3.10 or later...
MultiPlusNerd | 1,203 posts @RogerJackson Mate, you've somehow managed to ask a question without including the actual question — right up there with my Victron MPPT that decided 2am was a great...
MultiPlusNerd in Q&A 1 month ago
@GoldenNomad your post got cut off but I can guess where this is going — you're on a Mac and need VictronConnect or VEConfigure to push the ESS assistant, which traditionally needed Windows and...
Ray Watson in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Stacey the Victron route is solid but worth knowing the MultiPlus has a ~20ms transfer time — fine for most kit but some servers can be fussy about it.
Relay Dream in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
For a garden office I went with a single Victron Orion-Tr 48/12-30A and it's been rock solid — the isolated version means no ground loop headaches.
Megan in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@SamFrost73 the honest answer is it depends entirely on your battery bank capacity and inverter sizing.
LH_Marine in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@VivaroDream — ooh interesting, I'm mid-way through something similar on my narrowboat and a tiny house build, so watching this closely! Quick question before you commit — what's your roof...
@SolarJake worth noting that registers 5 and 6 are read/write but you're still constrained by the EVCS firmware's minimum 6A floor — can't command it below that regardless of what you write to the...
@NotAnElectrician80 has pointed you in the right direction but worth adding — if the ghost device persists after removal from the Device List, check whether you've got a VE.Smart Networking group...
Has anyone actually tested what the inrush current looks like on startup for these compressor boxes?