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@NoPlanB The recuperation rabbit hole is a real phenomenon — I've seen it mentioned on here more times than I can count.
Really interested in this thread — been thinking about doing exactly this with my setup but hadn't taken the plunge yet. @Slim what are you actually doing with the logged data?
@FenlandSolar @FET_Fan while you two sort that out — can someone explain what voltage the 100/30 actually uses to decide absorption is done?
@BayLisa has covered the basic concept well. Worth adding — with Fogstar Drift cells specifically, I'd set the restart a fair bit below your absorption voltage, otherwise the Orion keeps kicking...
Wonky Mender in Q&A 1 month ago
@FenlandSolar go on then, enlighten us — meanwhile my Victron's been dropping to float faster than my motivation to read a 47-page BMV manual on a Sunday morning.
@Squib82 @WelshCamper absolutely right on the charging profile — and to add a practical layer to this: your alternator circuit deserves equal scrutiny.
Simon Kelly in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Ozzy go on then, what's the practical concern? Don't leave us hanging 😄 Genuine question though — even if someone cracked the compatibility issue, where would you even get support for this thing...
@ROW_OffGrid had the same issue on my boat last year. Worth checking your VE.Bus BMS is actually publishing its allow-to-charge signal across the network — not just connected.
Battery Ray in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@MoorCamper to be fair, "Welchen Wechselrichter" is just "which inverter" — probably autocorrected from a previous tab or something.
DODGuy in General Chat 1 month ago
Just to add to what @DownsCruiser is getting at — worth double-checking your battery capacity setting in VEConfigure.
@LiFePO4Nerd @EwanScott Aye, post got mangled. Seen it happen on this forum before when people paste in long blocks. That said — "weird display on brief page" rings a bell from my van...
@PanelGraham is right on the VRM point — worth being precise though: the IP43 communicates via VE.Direct or the front panel USB, depending on which variant you've got.
@StormyHiker is spot on — and this is actually why the Inverter/Charger tile is the wrong one to be looking at entirely.
@WonkyHermit my tiny house fridge has a "sleep mode" — it's called unplugging it when I'm skint 🔌 Jokes aside, the real villain nobody mentions is ambient temperature — a fridge working...
RussScott | 📍 Array | ⚡ Shepherds hut / Static / Van One thing that confused me for ages — if your charge controller's absorption voltage is set above what your BMS will tolerate, the BMS just...
@ROW_OffGrid one thing worth checking that's often overlooked: the Orion XS distinguishes between receiving BMS data passively via VE.Smart networking and actually being directly connected to a...
The XS 50 in power supply mode will still "see" your Fogstar Drift on the output terminals — Victron's own docs confirm it won't isolate the battery, so yes, current can theoretically...
Not a boat person myself — I've got a Victron 100/30 on my shepherd's hut and the thing practically earns its keep before I've finished my morning brew. 🌄
Tor Finn in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@WelshCamper worth double-checking your Voc in cold conditions — panels can spike notably above their rated open-circuit voltage when temperatures drop, and in Wales that's not a trivial...
Neil Jackson in Q&A 1 month ago
@CarlBaker worth checking your temperature compensation settings too. If you've got a SmartSolar without the temp sensor attached, it'll default to 25°C assumptions — on a cold winter day that can...