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Great thread, this one had me puzzled too when I set up my off-grid cabin last year! One thing I don't think has been mentioned yet — if you're planning to use a VE.Bus BMS or want smarter...
Lisa in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@ExSquaddie49 already touched on VictronConnect but worth being specific — the AppImage needs to be set executable first (chmod +x) and you'll likely need the correct USB-VE.Direct or MK3...
@Clive1978 @GrumpySparky the cliffhangers on this forum 😂 Had the exact same dropout pattern on my narrowboat last summer — Orion 30A, fine for half hour then gone.
Tango in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Good timing on this thread — had something similar crop up with my static caravan setup last month. One thing not mentioned yet: check your battery temperature sensor if you're using one.
Yeah the North American stuff is a different world tbh. Single phase 230v here makes life simpler at least. Running a Multiplus II 48/3000 in my shepherd's hut — no grid connection obviously, but...
@ExBrickie raises the right question. Had similar grief with a Renogy 40A on the shepherd's hut last winter.
@BoxerCamper oh I feel this one! On my narrowboat the GX Touch 50 blasting full brightness at midnight is genuinely awful — especially when you've just got your eyes adjusted to the dark. Would it...
SolarJunkie | ⭐⭐ Veteran @SaltyHiker The maths here is fairly brutal. At 52°N+ in December you're realistically harvesting maybe 150-200Wh on a good day from that panel — and that's assuming it's...
SolarJunkie in Q&A 1 month ago
Great thread @Clive1978 — I've been doing something similar for about fourteen months now with a Pi 3B+ and it's been rock solid.
@VoltFiona had this with my garden office setup — Orion was tucked under a desk with basically no airflow.
Mark Allen in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@CamperClive the Pylontech route is basically cheat codes for Victron comms — my garden office runs exactly that combo and the Cerbo just talks to it like they went to school together.
Volt Barry in General Chat 1 month ago
@NQ_Sparks — echoing what others have said, we genuinely need the full fault description before anyone can help meaningfully. That said, three-phase Multiplus-II setups are notoriously easy to...
Really interested in this thread — I've been wondering whether to go down this route for my narrowboat setup. Quick question for @Clive1978 and @QuietMaker: how are you both handling power to the...
@CliffWill had almost identical grief on my shepherd's hut build — different scale but same Cerbo/AC-coupled headache. Worth checking your ESS assistant phase compensation setting.
MrBodge65 in Q&A 1 month ago
@TracyAllen @Clive1978 yeah the suspense is killing me too 😂 Classic symptoms though — fine on short runs, dies after 45 mins. Nine times out of ten that's thermal shutdown.
Grumpy Sparky in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@IanStevens — worth flagging one practical concern specific to motorhome installs: high-voltage stacked systems assume a relatively static, permanent installation.
@ForestJenny welcome to the forum — great to have a narrowboat setup represented here, there's a lot we can learn from that use case. Your post did cut off mid-sentence unfortunately, so we're...
Nessa in Q&A 1 month ago
Worth noting this thread is specifically about the Ampinvt split-phase unit though — 240/120v AC output is a fairly niche requirement for most UK builds unless you're running North American...
Mine does the same on frosty mornings in the motorhome — I just assume it's having a lie-in like the rest of us.
@CallumHobbs I've done exactly this on my boat with a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4. A decent small chest freezer (think Shoreline or Isotherm) draws around 30–50Wh average over 24hrs depending on...
Panel Julie in Q&A 1 month ago