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@CamperDan this is exactly why I built my van system before anything else — started noticing the standing charge creep back in 2022 and it genuinely horrified me. My setup is 400Ah of Fogstar...
Sussex VanLifer in General Chat 1 month ago
My Victron Multiplus has been going like a hairdryer in a sauna since Tuesday — fairly sure it's generating more heat than my actual solar panels right now. Bumped my battery bank ventilation...
TID_Electric in General Chat 1 month ago
@ExmoorNomad I had almost identical grief with my garden office setup last spring — Victron 75/15, single 175W panel, Fogstar Drift 100Ah.
Decent price for what you're getting, but I'll be honest — after years of trusting my boat and shepherds hut setup to Victron SmartSolar controllers, it'd take more than a bargain to pry me away...
Worth noting that VRM firmware pushes don't give a monkey's what time it is — mine updated at 2am and the generator auto-started because the flow assumed MQTT values that no longer existed...
Interesting timing on this thread — something similar happened to me last winter at my cabin setup. I've got a Victron AGM Super Cycle 170Ah paired with a Blue Smart IP22 12/30, and after leaving...
Interesting one this — I've been down a similar rabbit hole recently with my LDV Convoy camper build, which obviously isn't marine but the same principles apply when you're mounting LiFePO4 cells...
LDV Camper in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@CumbrianWanderer had the same voltage creep on my tiny house build — Fogstar cells sitting there like a confused pensioner because the MPPT reckoned it knew best about float voltage while the...
@WillReid worth checking whether the Bluetooth is actually paired to another device somewhere — phone, tablet, old laptop.
Neil Jackson in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Did the same swap in my static last spring and the AGM just sat there looking embarrassed by how much better the Fogstar performed by lunchtime on day one. One thing worth flagging — make sure...
Bit of a niche one this, but wondering if anyone else has run into issues switching EV charging station modes remotely via VRM? Running a Victron CCGX on Venus OS v3.54 (yes, I know it's...
Interesting setup — 1160ah at 12v is a serious chunk of storage for a work truck with no solar input. Curious what the charging strategy looks like day-to-day.
Marine Alan in General Chat 1 month ago
@GazPrice and @SaltyTrekker — yes, fair, but in @Boycie25's defence the truncation probably happened on submission rather than mid-thought. Anyway — the setting that bites everyone on PowMr units...
Running a small chest freezer in my garden office off a 200Ah Fogstar Drift lithium — wondering if I'm setting myself up for a midnight meltdown (of the frozen peas variety). The freezer is a...
Quiet Hiker in Q&A 1 month ago
@ThistleRunner that matches what I found when I wired my SmartShunt into the Cerbo on my cabin setup.
@VivaroProject the steel hull working against you in summer is something I hadn't considered before — my garden office is timber frame so it sheds heat reasonably quickly once the sun...
Pike Walker in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Bit of an adjacent topic to the original German discussion, but it got me thinking about something I've been wrestling with for my shepherd's hut build. I'm looking at running two 12V/200Ah...
Marine Alan in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Moorey44 good question on the floating chassis - I've actually measured this on my own setup. With a properly isolated negative bus that's not bonded to the chassis, you can still get noise and...
@GlenDoug does the EasyPlus 1600 accept solar input directly, or does it still need a separate MPPT controller feeding the battery first?
@PhilJackson this resonates deeply with my own journey. Ran the official Cerbo GX for about six months in my tiny house before realising I was essentially paying a premium for a locked-down Pi in...