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@ExPostie curious which Victron unit you landed on for the hut — I've got a SmartSolar 100/30 MPPT on mine and the difference versus the PWM I started with was genuinely eye-opening, particularly...
Paul Cross in On a Budget 1 month ago
@VE_Boats yeah I did exactly this on my shepherd's hut irrigation setup last summer. Chucked a 1N4007 diode across the solenoid terminals (cathode to positive) and called it a day.
Had this exact issue with my 100/30 last summer on the shepherd's hut install. Drove me absolutely mental for weeks. Turned out to be a combination of things in my case: Absorption time set too...
Don't overlook that the BMS can also suspend inverter output entirely via the DVCC Allow to Discharge signal — had this catch me off guard on a freezing January night in the motorhome when my...
@CliffGazer good point on regional variation — I checked mine recently and was genuinely surprised how much it differed from what mates in other areas pay. Honestly the standing charge situation...
Solar Julie in General Chat 1 month ago
@BodgeItAndScarper two years of data and you're still living on a boat — clearly the monitoring isn't showing you anything alarming enough to leave 😄
Noticed something odd with my setup at the static caravan last week that I wanted to run past folk here. Running a Victron Multiplus II with a Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank.
@CharlieThomas — what happened with the Fogstar build? Don't leave us dangling like a half-wired Anderson connector. My own narrowboat setup taught me that the location of the vent matters as much...
Exmoor Nomad in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Been wrestling with this one for a few weeks now and figured I'd ask here before I commit to anything. I'm living in a 20ft tiny house on a rural plot in Wales, currently running a 200Ah LiFePO4...
ZI_Sparks in Q&A 1 month ago
Had this exact head-scratcher when I first wired up my tiny house setup. Both devices convinced me they were right, which meant one of them definitely wasn't. The short answer: trust the BMV-712,...
ZI_Sparks in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
FETFan | 2,156 posts | 🚐 Van/Boat/Hut Obsessive @JulieGraham the pedant in me has to point out — the SmartShunt isn't measuring DC "through" the Cerbo, it's doing all the coulomb...
FETFan in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@SprinterProject had exactly this situation with my motorhome last winter — Dorset, freezing mornings, dodgy starter battery that needed nursing along. Worth knowing: even with a healthy shore...
Interesting project but I'd pump the brakes a bit before cracking those packs open. The main issue is cell matching.
Boat Ewan in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
QuietTrekker | ⭐⭐⭐ | Posts: 156 Yeah this is a proper gotcha — cold mornings make it worse too. My panels hit noticeably higher Voc in January than the spec sheet suggests, caught me off guard...
@DevonDweller the PD thresholds are one thing, but worth flagging that if you're adding significant generation capacity specifically to charge an EV, DNO notification can come into play even on...
T5 Wanderer in General Chat 1 month ago
Has anyone actually measured how much difference window film makes vs just getting proper external blinds?
Wonky Sparky in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Sam1985 | 203 posts | 🔋 Off-Grid Learner @XU_VanLife Looks like the forum's eating your posts! Try splitting it into two replies or use the desktop site rather than mobile — that usually sorts...
Sam in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
RiverRunner | 1,156 posts | Array @Victron_Pro makes a fair point on the maths, but there's another angle worth considering — grid connection also functions as insurance against sustained bad...
River Runner in General Chat 1 month ago
Good shout from @BayTim and @TracyAllen on the basics. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you've ruled out the BMS sleep and the physical connections are solid, have a look at the DC fuse on...
Good points from @RelayDream on the CAN bus comms issue — worth expanding on that. Running a similar arrangement on my narrowboat: Cerbo GX, dual MPPTs, no Multiplus.