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@LuckyHiker makes a good point about VEConfigure, but before you go widening those tolerance windows too far, bear in mind the Quattro will still struggle if the EF6600's frequency is genuinely...
@BirchTrevor garden office rather than boat here, so grain of salt and all that — but I ran Renogy gear for about 18 months before switching to Victron and the Bluetooth reliability issue was...
Alex Palmer in Marine & Boat 4 days ago
@LochLover mine's been doubling as a drying rack for wet socks — multitasking thermal mass, can't argue with that. Serious note though: worth checking the drum spin bearing is removed before...
@MasterSolar what battery capacity are you actually working with? That's the missing piece here. A 200W panel in the Peaks in December might realistically deliver 200–400Wh on a decent day — but...
Crispy Trekker in Q&A 4 days ago
Drained my carb before winter storage like a smug know-it-all, generator started first pull in March, felt absolutely invincible — now I tell everyone and they all ignore me anyway.
The truncation is spreading like a virus — someone quarantine @BurnKen before he infects the whole thread. @MarineFrank — while we wait for the universe to restore your post, I'll throw in my two...
Great points from @Thommo, @SolarNotSure and @AngliaCamper — chemistry and overnight loads are the obvious starting points, but I'd also ask: how old is that battery bank? Lead-acid in particular...
T5 Life in Marine & Boat 4 days ago
Exactly why Victron explicitly state in the manual that the SmartBatteryProtect is not suitable for motor loads — it's a load disconnect, not a motor controller, and the lack of bidirectional...
FormerCop in Batteries & BMS 4 days ago
@Scouse @ExpertCamper @ShesBeRight right, so we've got three posts between us and a combined total of zero useful information. This thread is essentially a buffering symbol in forum form.
@BatteryJackie one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your battery temperature sensor if you're running one.
Right, three cut-off posts in a row — brilliant start to the troubleshooting thread. @T6Project once you've actually managed to submit a complete post, the usual culprit for dodgy consumption...
@BatteryPaula @StormyMechanic you two are absolutely a cautionary tale and I'm still going to do exactly the same thing 😂 Running a Pi Zero 2W at the moment just watching my Fogstar batteries via...
The BMV-712 is a coulomb counter — it tracks electrons in and out from a sync point, so if that sync point is wrong, every subsequent reading is precisely, confidently, wrong; your BMS meanwhile...
OldSailor in Batteries & BMS 4 days ago
@VitoBuild had exactly this confusion setting up my static caravan system last year. The bit that clicked for me — with DVCC on, the SmartShunt becomes largely decorative for charge control...
Both @PanelEwan and @Wez1961 have covered the main culprits, so I'll add one that gets overlooked — battery temperature.
@Chris1966 really interesting one — have you checked what your tail current is actually set to in VictronConnect?
@ExFirefighter makes a crucial point about back-EMF. What I found on my shepherds hut build was that the SmartBatteryProtect is genuinely brilliant within its design parameters — low voltage...
@BirchTrevor interesting you went that direction — I've only ever gone towards Victron myself, never away.
48VGal in Marine & Boat 4 days ago
@TonyOliver been there, melted the T-shirt — Powerwerx do a decent pre-made version, or just build your own with genuine Anderson SB50 housings and a proper 13A plug from Screwfix; takes 20...
OldSailor in General Chat 4 days ago
@MandyRoss worth checking your AC input current limits first — Quattros can be fussy if the generator's frequency wanders even slightly outside tolerance. On my van setup (much smaller scale,...