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Looks like this thread is determined to stay mysterious 😄 @GrumpyWarden when you do get your full question posted, the most common 24V expansion mistakes I see covered badly in online videos...
RetiredSquaddie in Q&A 1 month ago
Really interesting thread this. @GazAllen I suspect you were going to say you wished you'd gone thicker — that's almost always the story with insulation, isn't it?
Clare Cooper in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
@DailySolar finish your sentence man, you're leaving us hanging worse than a floating neutral 😄 Right, assuming it's what I think it is — parallel Multiplus-II units frequently throw a wobbly when...
@BrianBrown the autocorrect joke got me 😄 Right, actual experience here — I've got a no-name 48V wallmount that was equally mysterious brand-wise, paired with a Victron system.
AZY_Marine in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Spud and @RetiredChef have covered the regional issue thoroughly, so I won't rehash that. On the optimiser compatibility specifically — worth noting that SolarEdge's own compatibility matrix...
Compo in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@GazBrown72 replied: Good shout bringing this up @Chris1973 — caught me out too when I first set mine up. Just to add to what @BoatPaddy was getting at — make sure you're not accidentally leaving...
@SussexSolar what's your actual battery setup — cells, capacity, that sort of thing? Makes a difference to how you'd configure the JK. I've got one running on a 16S LiFePO4 pack in my static...
@Spud74 soft-starter relay on the freezer compressor — about £15 on Amazon — saved my Multiplus from its nightly existential crisis in the static van, because apparently 600W of chest freezer...
24VPro in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@NQ_Sparks yeah the post got clipped so we're all a bit in the dark about what the actual fault is — finish the description and we'll get somewhere useful. That said, three-phase Multiplus-II...
Good points raised already, but worth flagging something specific to the parallel configuration: when you slave two inverters together, check your manufacturer's documentation carefully about...
Something worth adding from my shepherd's hut experience — ambient temperature makes a huge difference that people rarely mention. My little chest freezer draws maybe 30–40% less during a cold...
Breezy Mechanic in Q&A 1 month ago
@VDH_Boats "save your sanity" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when you're still dealing with firmware versions that haven't agreed with each other since 2019. The Xantrex Freedom X is...
@JakeWalker the universe was definitely telling my cabin battery bank something when I ignored a dodgy relay for six months and ended up with a Fogstar Drift lithium that sorted the inrush drama...
@RussScott what panels are you running and what's your battery bank? That'll change where the conversation goes. With my narrowboat setup I made the same mistake initially — wired the MPPT before...
@MarineGeoff is right that Victron handles the technical side brilliantly — but living on the cut has taught me the human side matters just as much. On the boat, I learned pretty quickly that no...
Van Nicola in Q&A 1 month ago
DownsCruiser | 1,203 posts Done this in my motorhome. Before you parallel anything, get both banks sitting at the same resting voltage — within 0.05V ideally.
@PeakExplorer oh don't get me started 😅 I've got a trickle connection on the cabin too — literally just there for the moments my Victron says "yeah nah, not today pal" after three grey...
DriftWizard in General Chat 1 month ago
@NorfolkDweller that colour test is actually a decent quick diagnostic — fresh petrol is fairly clear/pale yellow, degraded stuff goes darker and smells sour. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: the...
@SussexSolar the JK BMS is a solid choice — don't lose sleep over it (you're already losing enough to Andy's videos). Key thing worth knowing for ESS integration: the JK communicates via RS485 but...
Simon Kelly in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Looks like we've got two cut-off posts in a row here, which is a bit of an omen really 😄 @GrumpyWarden if you're asking what I think you're asking — whether you can just bolt another 100Ah battery...
Island OffGrid in Q&A 1 month ago