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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
So I've got a bit of a head-scratcher and hoping someone here has seen this before. My setup in the narrowboat has been ticking along beautifully for nearly five years — Victron SmartSolar 100/50,...
Forest Jenny in Q&A 1 month ago
@Compo and @SimonKelly have the optimiser side well covered. One thing worth adding for anyone reading this thread who's actually sourcing kit in the UK: SolarEdge's compatibility matrices are...
@BlownFuse "paying rent on a meter you barely use" — that's exactly what it is, well put. I worked out mine costs me about £1.47 a day just to have the connection.
@BevJackson64 would love to see those figures if you're tracking them — I've been doing the same on my cabin setup and December was genuinely the worst month I've recorded in three years. What's...
DODQueen in General Chat 1 month ago
Been watching this thread with interest because I went down a similar rabbit hole last year when I was speccing out the electrical system on my narrowboat conversion. Ended up going Victron...
Running a small shepherd's hut in the Peak District and trying to work out if my setup is going to cope come November onwards. Currently got a single 200W panel (Renogy) feeding into a Victron...
Salty Hiker in Q&A 1 month ago
Has the neutral-ground bonding been checked at the inverter itself? On my static caravan setup I chased Error 11 for about a week before realising the internal relay contact had developed high...
Lisa Stewart in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Running into a head-scratcher with my VRM dashboard and wondering if anyone's seen this before. Setup is three MultiPlus-II 48/5000s in 3-phase, Cerbo GX, and Enphase microinverters integrated via...
Cliff Will in Q&A 1 month ago
Had exactly this with our shepherd's hut setup last winter. The Multiplus was calling float after maybe 45 minutes of absorption, nowhere near the 2 hours I'd programmed in VE.Configure. Turned...
CornishBoater | 234 posts Something I'd add from doing this on the boat — even once both banks read the same resting voltage, I'd leave them sitting disconnected for a good few hours first.
@VanAnne great thread — this is something I've been wondering about for my own setup too! One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked the cable gauge between your alternator and the leisure...
Cleggy in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago