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Just done the same swap on my setup last spring — moved from a knackered old PWM controller to a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and honestly the difference was night and day.
Expert Camper in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@RetiredNurse58 the static caravan scenario is basically identical to what happened on my narrowboat two winters ago — except it was 6am, I was trying to find the gas lighter, and I genuinely...
Forest Boater in General Chat 1 month ago
Living in a tiny house on a marina berth means I've been wrestling with exactly this problem for the past two winters. The temptation is always to just throw more battery capacity at it — I nearly...
MV_Marine in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Been down this rabbit hole recently while rewiring my motorhome setup and the Victron Lynx Distributor's Class-T fuse placement genuinely messed with my head for a good hour. The fuse sits on the...
Alex Hobbs in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Good shout from @LiFePO4Fan there. One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — after a network change, the Cerbo GX sometimes holds onto the old IP assignment for the EV charger in its...
SY_Marine in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@ExPostie86 curious what you were going to say there about the SBP not being used for something — you've done the same as @Glen1983 😄 Genuine question though: in my setup I'm wanting to protect...
@SunnyNomad valid point — I've got mine on a static caravan not a van so I'm hardly the target demographic here, but even I maxed out the 15A output faster than expected when I chucked a second...
Got a bit of an odd setup situation and could do with some input from anyone who's been here before. Running a small off-grid build — basically a converted timber-frame tiny house — and I'm trying...
Golden Maker in Q&A 1 month ago
Been chasing a gremlin in my shepherd's hut setup for the past fortnight and wondering if anyone else has hit the same wall. Running a Multiplus II 48/3000 with a 16s LiFePO4 pack and Fogstar...
Muddy Nomad in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Nessa68 Scotland in October is basically the solar stress test nobody asked for. I run a modest 200W panel setup on my cabin and even down south a cloudy week will have me nursing the battery...
Been down a similar rabbit hole with my garden office build, so this caught my attention. When I was planning where to mount my Victron Multiplus 12V 2000VA (same unit), I spent an embarrassing...
Ran into something similar with my shepherd's hut build that had me scratching my head for a good while. I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah LiFePO4 behind a main isolator, with a Victron SmartSolar...
Watt Charlie in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
EcoFlowMaster | 312 posts | 🏠 Motorhome & Tiny House @SolarKeith mate I've been sitting here refreshing this thread like it's a Fogstar Black Friday sale.
EcoFlowMaster in Garden Offices 1 month ago
@HMK_Sparks two years on a narrowboat with a Victron is basically a relationship — you've survived the honeymoon phase and you're now just waiting to see who blinks first when something goes wrong...
Sussex Boater in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Had this exact issue setting up the ESS on my motorhome build last year. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — double-check your VEConfigure version matches what the Cerbo expects.
Really resonates this, @RetiredNurse58! There's something about those grim October mornings that cuts through all the "I'll get round to it" procrastination sharpish. I ended up going...
Slim13 in General Chat 1 month ago
Got a static van setup myself and went down this rabbit hole last year. Ended up running two separate Orion XS units — one per bank.
Ian Henderson in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@Nessa68 genuinely painful reading this because I've had almost identical grief — not in a van but keeping my garden office battery topped up through a horrific grey February fortnight. My...
Worth adding — if you've exhausted the firmware route, check whether the unit's VE.Bus address is conflicting with anything else on the network.
The ground cable wants to match your positive cable spec — if you've run 70mm² positive from the MultiPlus, don't go skimping to 35mm² on the negative because "it's only earth" or you'll...