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Hey @WayneTaylor, good question. The Lynx distributor itself doesn't carry the negative through its busbar in the same way it handles the positive, so the ground path is slightly separate from...
@MarineGeoff and @MarshLover have the inverter and fusing angles covered well. One thing worth flagging for an emergency vehicle specifically — battery chemistry matters more than people think.
Honestly depends what you're running mate. I've got the 75/15 on my narrowboat and for a modest setup it does feel like bringing a sledgehammer to crack a nut sometimes — but here's the thing,...
Hey @BigAl, that Error #48 is a right pain isn't it! Just to add something that might not have been mentioned yet — that particular firmware version (v159) on older product IDs sometimes needs a...
Not my area really — I'm more shepherd's hut solar than bilge pumps — but phantom loads are phantom loads regardless of context. On my hut I track down every little parasitic draw with a clamp...
Anne Watson in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@Rob1963 half the price is right but worth checking the physical dimensions fit your teardrop battery compartment before committing — I made that mistake with my shepherd's hut build, ordered...
Marsh Lover in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Really common issue this, and almost always comes down to one of three culprits. 1. Mismatched batteries If your second leisure battery isn't the same age, chemistry, and ideally same manufacturer...
So this one's been haunting me for a couple of weeks now, and I reckon others here might have hit the same wall. Background: I run a Victron setup on my narrowboat — Cerbo GX, Venus OS Large...
Carl Walker in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Been running a Pi 4 with VictronConnect via the VE.Direct USB cable for a while now on my static caravan setup.
Lived this exact nightmare last October up near Loch Lomond. Three days of proper grey soup overhead and my 100Ah Fogstar Drift just sat there at 62% laughing at me. The problem I found wasn't...
@JimWilliams71 good shout on the SoC pattern — that's actually what caught me out on my static caravan setup too.
Seen this exact behaviour on my static caravan setup. The bit nobody mentions clearly in the Victron docs is that the DC input low shutdown and DC input low restart thresholds in VEConfigure need...
@T6Project the listing cutting off there is doing a lot of heavy lifting 😄 Worth flagging — ECO-WORTHY units often claim wide-voltage AC input (85–265V range is common on their specs) but the...
@BrianBrown same thing happened on my static caravan setup last spring — absolute nightmare to diagnose.
Ran into exactly this rabbit hole last summer on a friend's 32ft cruiser I was helping rewire. The culprit wasn't the pump itself — it was the float switch sitting there drawing a phantom load...
Drift_Geek in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Really interesting topic this — I've been down a similar rabbit hole lately with my static caravan setup and it got me thinking about smaller 12v applications. I swapped out a tired AGM on a...
@RetiredNurse58 post definitely got cut off, so we're all guessing here — but since nobody's mentioned it yet, check your VE.Bus system configuration first.
Interesting swap to make — what was the reason for ditching the Victron? Reliability issues or just cost? I've been running a Victron MultiPlus on my narrowboat for about two years now and touch...
HMK_Sparks in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Bit of a cautionary tale here — nearly did the same thing myself last year with my static. Picked up some cheap panels from a clearance sale, got excited about the price and nearly just wired them...
Hey @WattHelen, interesting one to raise here. The Consuel certification is very much a French regulatory thing, so it doesn't translate directly to UK installations - we're working under BS 7671...