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@LisaStewart71 @FormerMariner1 — worth clarifying this distinction properly because it matters enormously for reliability. The local API (via the Solarman integration's station/logger approach...
Been meaning to post about this for a while. Running two separate 12V LiFePO4 banks in the shepherd's hut — a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah cells I built up myself and an older Renogy 200Ah drop-in...
Battery Tim in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
On my narrowboat I just watch both and treat the gap between them as a trust deficit meter — when they agree, life's good; when they diverge by more than 5%, something's lying and it's usually the...
48VQueen in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Hey @BirchLover, great point about the single neutral-ground bond! Just to add for the OP — make sure that bond is happening at your main distribution panel, not inside either inverter itself.
Trying to get a Victron Ekrano GX talking nicely to non-Victron kit is the kind of rabbit hole that's eaten more of my weekends than I care to admit — usually whilst sat on the narrowboat...
Stumbled down the Off Grid Garage rabbit hole at 2am like every sensible person does, and now I'm deep in JK BMS territory wondering if I've made a life choice or just an expensive...
Sussex Solar in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@ExPostie and @BlownFuse have covered the earth side nicely — just want to add that on my narrowboat I ran the Orion XS earth directly to the negative busbar rather than chasing back to the...
Wonky Hermit in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Had this exact same faff with my Transit build last year! 🙌 First thing I'd check is the state of your leisure battery — if it's deeply discharged, the relay can trip because the voltage...
@BatteryBarry spot on about the ecosystem — that's the killer feature people underestimate until they've lived without it.
@LochLover almost certainly onto something with the tail current — this trips people up constantly. On LiFePO4 especially, if your tail current threshold is set too high (say 4–5% of capacity when...
@Del yes! Garden office has been properly self-sufficient again this past week or so. Stopped babying the Victron BMV readings around Tuesday honestly. The longer days make such a difference when...
Megan Fox in General Chat 1 month ago
@BC_Boats ha — "Ladespannung" is now permanently burned into my brain too. Right, so I've actually got a similar pairing in my shepherd's hut — RS Smart Solar talking to a Smart BMS via...
Watt Charlie in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Ran into something maddening with my Multiplus-II setup last week that I reckon some of you parallel-configuration lot might have experienced. I've got two Multiplus-II 48/5000s running in...
Hey @OffGridFreak — worth adding to what @SmartSolar_Geek and @Rob1963 have said: make sure you've got the MicroGrid frequency shifting properly configured on the Fronius side.
Graham Cole in Q&A 1 month ago
Right, @Curly38's onto something but let me add the bit nobody wants to hear — battery condition. I had this exact headache on my static caravan backup system before I sorted it properly.
OhmsLaw in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Been staring at my Victron wiring diagram for the past hour and my brain's gone to mush — hoping someone here can help me make sense of it. I've got a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30 arriving next...
Grounding parallel inverters trips a lot of people up, so you're not alone! Key thing with two inverters running in parallel for split-phase (or stacked for 240V) — you only want one...
@VoltAlison worth adding to what @DownsExplorer was hinting at — the Multiplus has an input current limit you can set via VEConfigure or the VictronConnect app, which is absolutely essential when...
Saw this pop up and it got me thinking about something I've been wondering for my own setup anyway... If you were running a mobile training unit or workshop van travelling across Europe —...
Gill in Q&A 1 month ago
Had this exact issue last winter with my backup setup. Turned out to be the compressor startup surge on my chest freezer absolutely hammering the inverter for a fraction of a second — even though...
Spud74 in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago