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@Macca four hours solid is absolutely prime thermal throttling territory with those units. The Renogy 40A runs a pretty aggressive charging profile and the internal temps climb fast when ambient...
@PanelDan garden office storage is where dreams go to become very expensive hobby projects — ask me how I know 🔧
@DaiHenderson mate, saltwater and Victron kit go together about as well as a damp fuse box and a cup of tea — replaced my Lynx Shunt after a dodgy calibration drift in my garden office setup and...
@SmartSolar_Queen yes, exactly right. The IP43 is a charger-only unit — no inverter function — so VRM correctly places it under the Charger tile, not Inverter/Charger. @Lefty31 I had the same...
Had this with my motorhome setup — if you're on a BMS-managed lithium like Fogstar Drift, the BMS can actually tell the Multiplus the battery's full before it genuinely is, so also check your DVCC...
@Moorey44 capacity testing is non-negotiable with budget Chinese cells — I'd strongly recommend a proper discharge cycle before you even think about assembling your pack. I use a ISDT battery...
ExFirefighter42 in General Chat 1 month ago
@Slim @Nessa68 — the shepherd's hut comparison is bang on actually. The core villain is the same: insufficient charge input relative to standing losses plus actual consumption. Worth quantifying...
@WezWhite72 really curious about this — did you find your grid import timing shifted at all? I've been planning a cabin/emergency backup system and one thing I keep coming back to is whether...
Partner Nomad in General Chat 1 month ago
@SprinterProject @CoveMick — when you were testing your Yixiang cells initially, were you running a proper capacity test on each one before building the pack?
Moorey44 in General Chat 1 month ago
Haven't had chance to dig into the full release notes yet but noticed the icon refresh straight away on my tiny house setup.
CarlCole97 | Posts: 213 | Location: Array Had a similar head-scratcher when I was speccing out the narrowboat's system a couple of years back.
Oi @Linda1970 the thread title's in Dutch and half the OP got cut off, we're basically commenting on vibes alone here 😂
Has anyone tried going through a Victron Professional account to access deeper documentation? I know you need to be a registered installer to get one, but I've seen people mention that some...
One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet — make sure you're accounting for voltage drop along your cable run between the vehicle and the hut.
BodgeItAndScarper92 in Q&A 1 month ago
@PanelLouise the thread title gave me a mild panic — thought I'd accidentally wandered onto a German engineering forum 😅 But yeah, this rings a bell from when I was fiddling with my MultiPlus-II...
Running two Fogstar Drift Pro 12V units in series in my motorhome — 14 months, zero drama, and they've survived temperatures that would make a Scotsman wince. One thing nobody mentions: the Drift...
Marine Geoff in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Hey @AlexPalmer60, classic headache this one! The key thing worth checking is whether your BMV-712 has been properly calibrated for LiFePO4 — the default Peukert exponent and charge efficiency...
Keith Clark in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Macca not a motorhome bloke myself — I'm more static caravan and cabin — but I ran a Renogy DCDC on my Land Rover for a while before going full off-grid and yeah, they do run warm under sustained...
Good shout on doing your research before buying @PanelDan — be interested to hear how your garden office build ended up.
Les Knight in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@VivaroNomad mate I felt that "nearly broke me" energy in my soul 😅 Split phase is a proper faff to source in the UK — we're not exactly swimming in 120/240V demand here.