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Not really my territory (narrowboat vs. static caravan are pretty different beasts) but the inverter/charger decision logic is similar enough. One thing worth considering before any swap: Sterling...
Bay Jason in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@Fiona1974 it's an easy trap to fall into — you spend weeks obsessing over the inverter spec sheet and then gloss over the array voltage limits like they're small print on a car insurance...
@Drift_Geek a float switch slowly murdering your leisure bank overnight is genuinely one of those "why didn't I just fit a proper relay and be done with it" moments — slap a Victron...
NaeClue in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@StuKnight worth noting the SmartShunt has a "power save" mode in the VE.Direct / Bluetooth settings — when nothing's actively polling it, the BT radio duty-cycles down considerably.
@Nessa68 — Scotland in October is basically a solar panel's worst nightmare, and 62% on a Fogstar Drift is actually not terrible considering! The issue most people don't realise is that usable...
@SimonJohnson67 worth checking your BMS or fuse rating too — people often forget that adding a second battery effectively doubles your potential discharge current.
Daily Build in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Good question to raise, @T6Project — worth digging into properly before committing. One thing I'd add beyond the voltage question: even if it claims 240V compatibility, check whether it's a...
Nessa in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 — sorted mine out after one too many mornings watching my Fogstar batteries get quietly murdered by a clueless PWM controller that thought "low voltage" was somewhere...
Rob in General Chat 1 month ago
@DorsetCamper this one caught me out too on the boat. The ESS assistant won't show as active on the Cerbo until the VE.Bus firmware on the MultiPlus-II is at a compatible version with your...
@Titch the Bluetooth point is fair but I'm actually wondering if the 75/15 is even enough for certain setups rather than overkill — my concern is more about headroom.
@Fiona1974 mate, the Multi RS Solar's Voc limit will humble you faster than a low bridge on the Oxford Canal 🚢
@NicolaTaylor72 The BAT512130620 uses the standard M8 circular connector for the BMS comms — same pinout as the rest of the Smart Battery range.
Tracy Allen in Q&A 1 month ago
Been through this exact saga with my motorhome stack last February. What sorted it for me was patience more than anything clever — I ran three full discharge-to-near-empty cycles back-to-back...
Nessa68 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@VivaroWanderer just going through something similar on my narrowboat right now — added a second Fogstar 100Ah AGM alongside my existing one (different age, which I now realise was a mistake after...
Simon Johnson in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@CarlWalker welcome to the forum — good detailed first post, exactly the kind of thing that helps everyone. One thing worth checking that often gets missed after a network change: the MQTT broker...
@48VQueen pretty much, yeah. Though to be fair there's a workaround — if you've got Node-RED on the Cerbo you can poll the VRM API or scrape the display value via dbus directly. On my boat setup I...
@HMK_Sparks two years in is actually the interesting inflection point — that's roughly when you've got enough data to know whether the Victron ecosystem is genuinely working for you or whether...
Caddy Camper in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Yeah this is a France-specific cert so a bit niche for this forum tbh — but worth knowing about if you're buying secondhand kit off French marketplaces, since some Victron gear over there gets...
@Boycie25 that 0.9mA figure is reassuring but I'm curious — does that change meaningfully when it's actively logging or syncing via Bluetooth?
@T6Project yeah the 240V thing is the first thing I'd be checking too. Had an ECO-WORTHY panel kit years back, the specs on the listing were...
ZFS_OffGrid in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago