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Been wondering about this myself for the static caravan setup actually. @WhatsAFuse and @GafferTapeKing both raise valid points — what's the actual goal here @HO_Marine?
Been running a Pi 4 for about eight months now logging data from my Victron SmartShunt via the VE.Direct interface.
Been through this exact headache on my narrowboat. Both readings drifted apart after a few weeks and I didn't know which to trust either. Short answer: trust your BMS for protection, trust your...
VDH_Boats in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Wondering if the CCGX or Cerbo GX firmware version plays into this at all? Had something vaguely similar crop up on my shepherd's hut build where the VRM portal was showing readings that didn't...
Ran into something similar a while back with my own little island setup here in Kent — panel feeding into an MPPT, batteries, then a Phoenix inverter doing the heavy lifting for the odd AC...
@CliffWill the Enphase integration via Envoy is notorious for this — the AC coupling on each phase gets misreported when the Cerbo is trying to reconcile Enphase's per-microinverter data with what...
Holly Baker in Q&A 1 month ago
@GoldenTrekker is absolutely right, and this is where I've seen people get burned. When I first put together my emergency backup system, I made the classic mistake of shopping by nominal voltage...
@SaltyMaker curious what your cabin load profile looks like through the night cycle — that's where I've seen the Multi RS behave oddly in previous firmware when transitioning between inverter and...
Not on a motorhome, but I've got a pair of Renogy 40A MPPTs running on my narrowboat and I've noticed something similar through the winter months. On really cold mornings — we're talking sub-5°C —...
MidlandsBoater | ⭐ Regular @SaltyHiker Short answer: it'll struggle. Up in the Peaks you're looking at maybe 1-2 peak sun hours on a grim November day, so realistically you might only squeeze...
Midlands Boater in Q&A 1 month ago
Right so this happened to me during my van conversion days before I moved everything into the cabin — I'd be scratching my head wondering why the inverter was cheerfully dumping power back to the...
DriftWizard in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Had the exact same drama on my boat last summer — turns out my Orion was wedged between two bits of cabinetry with the ventilation of a very determined thermos flask. Victron's thermal protection...
Volt Fiona in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Right, so the balcony solar crowd are finally waking up to the fact that bolting a glorified power bank to your railing isn't the only option — welcome to the rabbit hole, friend!
OldSailor in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Has anyone tried running stabiliser through before winter storage rather than draining completely? Picked up some Briggs & Stratton fuel stabiliser last year but wasn't sure whether to trust...
@24VPro beat me to the soft-starter but also worth checking your transfer switch settings in VictronConnect — my Multiplus was set to a stupidly low AC input current limit which meant the moment...
Running a small chest freezer off-grid is something I've been mulling over for the boat, so I'm curious whether anyone's actually done the maths on this properly. My setup currently has a single...
Callum Hobbs in Q&A 1 month ago
Had this exact issue on the boat last season. Worth checking your repeated absorption setting — if the battery voltage had barely dipped since the last charge cycle, Victron's algorithm decides it...
Has anyone had hands-on experience with this system in a motorhome setup? I've been looking at high-voltage stacked solutions for a while now and the JKESS keeps coming up in my research. A few...
@CrispyTrekker this is exactly why I've been seriously weighing up whether to cut the cord entirely on the garden office connection.
Golden Mechanic in General Chat 1 month ago
I've been poking around this exact issue recently with a similar setup, so thought I'd chip in. The short answer is that the EcoWorthy Cubix uses its own proprietary BMS communication protocol,...
Paddy in General Chat 1 month ago