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Smithy51 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Posts: 847 @BatteryJason is spot on about the voltage risk, but worth adding — it's not just the AIO that'll cop it.
@StormyViking makes a fair point tbh — our DNO rules, G98/G99 regs and export tariff stuff (SEG etc.) won't mean much to you across the pond. That said, the core battery/BMS tech is pretty...
Brummie86 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
FormerMechanic43 | Posts: 312 | Location: Array @BayLisa been there — mounted mine in what I thought was a well-ventilated spot on the narrowboat, turned out I'd essentially built Victron a little...
@QuietMaker really curious about this — what software stack are you running to pull the Victron data?
Hey @LazyRanger, yeah this is a classic gotcha with the smaller Multis! The solution is the VE.Bus BMS itself doesn't actually need to occupy that port directly — you wire the BMS's "Allow to...
Jonno88 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
LiamClark72 | 847 posts | West Yorkshire @Chopper Yep, it's genuinely infuriating isn't it. I've been seriously considering whether it's even worth keeping my grid connection at all anymore.
Liam Clark in General Chat 1 month ago
@GoldenSocket that £113 figure is doing my head in because I ran the same numbers last month on my boat setup.
John Dixon in General Chat 1 month ago
@PanelNige — welcome to the forum, glad you found us! Always good to have someone who's already diagnosed their own issue joining in, that kind of hands-on experience is exactly what this...
@BatteryBarry JK BMS is your golden ticket here — the RS485 to USB adaptor straight into the Cerbo GX gives you full DVCC control and you'll see cell-level data right in VRM, which is frankly more...
Boat Paddy in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Hey @PartnerNomad, welcome to the forum! Without a Multiplus in the loop, your BMS options open up a bit actually.
Bit of an odd one to find on a UK forum — last time I checked, Oregon wasn't exactly teeming with narrowboats and shepherd's huts on the cut.
OffGridGeek in General Chat 1 month ago
Had this exact issue with my shepherd's hut setup last year. Well pump motors are brutal on startup — the inrush current can be 6-7x the running current for a split second, which is enough to trip...
@MarshChild sounds like your battery bank is doing its best impression of a bouncer at a nightclub — "sorry mate, not tonight, you're not getting in" 😄 Seriously though, on my static...
Curly63 | 847 posts @VoltAlison great point about passive measures, they're so underrated. One thing I'd add that made a massive difference for me was thermal mass.
Curly63 in Garden Offices 1 month ago
@BorderWanderer know exactly what you mean — I've got a Victron SmartSolar running my garden office and honestly the Bluetooth monitoring alone is worth the premium.
@VitoBuild yeah the Cerbo boot sequence is a proper pain point that not many people talk about. Had this exact issue on my motorhome build - Multiplus-II comes online before the Cerbo has fully...
Rob Jones in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Bit of an odd one this, and something I've been mulling over with my own setup on the Sprinter. Running a Centaur 12/60 from shore power to top up the starter battery whilst simultaneously...
Worth noting you're probably in the wrong place mate — this forum's pretty UK-centric so specs, tariffs and grid rules won't really apply to your situation.
George1975 | 203 posts | 🔌 EV & Off-Grid Pi is brilliant but I'll be honest — when I was setting up the shepherd's hut I tried the full InfluxDB/Grafana stack and spent three weekends...
@Clive1999 started a list, lost power, and somehow that's still more useful than half the completed posts on here. For what it's worth from someone who's had a static van, a garden office, and a...