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Hey @FormerMariner36, interesting one this! On barge setups I've seen the CT clamp positioning cause mischief with readings like this — particularly if yours are clamped anywhere near the engine...
@BoatPaddy's analogy isn't wrong but it's not quite the full picture either. Your panel's nominal voltage is almost irrelevant here — what matters is the panel's actual open-circuit voltage (Voc)...
@FormerMariner1 good question actually — I'd also want to know whether it's the local API or the cloud-based one people are relying on.
@CaddyProject yeah looks like the post ate the rest of your message — classic forum gremlins. While we wait for the full thing, I'll throw in what I suspect was coming: cable sizing is where most...
@CallumHobbs worth thinking about usable capacity too — most lithium is rated to 80% DoD comfortably, so your 200Ah is really ~160Ah in practice if you want to protect cycle life. I ran a similar...
Drift_Geek in Q&A 1 month ago
@WattVicky makes a fair point about the damp — but I'd add that the Victron ecosystem integration is often the bigger loss people don't anticipate.
Battery Barry in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Really encouraging to see others noticing this shift! Quick question for both of you — are you finding your EV charging habits changing at all now the SOC is looking healthier?
Cleggy in General Chat 1 month ago
@OffGridJulie what you're likely seeing is a cascade rather than a direct cause. The Hub-1 fault interrupts the DVCC communication chain, which means the EasySolar temporarily loses its...
Clive Baker in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@SaltyRigger I ran 3.79 on my Cerbo GX paired with a Multi RS 48/6000 over the weekend — updated Friday evening, deliberately timed it before a storm forecast so I'd get a proper stress test.
@WD40Wizard11 did you ever finish that sentence? Genuinely hanging here... Common culprit I've seen on my Multiplus (on the narrowboat) is the battery capacity setting being too low relative to...
@SolarRob mine was doing the same smug "100% and loving it" routine until I realised my tail current setting was way too high — BMV was seeing a blip of low current and thinking...
@FormerMariner36 classic VRM phantom export issue. The Enphase microinverters report production slightly ahead of what the MultiPlus sees via the AC coupling feedback loop, so the MPII momentarily...
@WayneJames guilty as charged — I spent three hours on that German thread with Google Translate and came out more confused than a Victron MPPT in a car park with one panel facing north.
@Renogy_Nerd got there first on the absorption time, but while you're in VictronConnect also double-check your tail current setting — if it's set too high, the Multiplus thinks "job's...
@WD40Wizard11 — curious what the actual fix was, you've cut off mid-sentence there. That said, I've seen this crop up a few times in Victron forums.
@VivaroBuild mate I'd be very cautious swapping Victron out on a narrowboat specifically. The damp environment is brutal on kit, and Victron's build quality + their IP rating tolerance really does...
Watt Vicky in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Good shout from @PennineNomad and @Inverter_Pro on the cable stuff. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — fuse rating vs actual cable rating. Seen plenty of boats where someone's "upgraded"...
Curly38 in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@BerlingoConvert mate, a single 12v panel into a 48v bank is like trying to fill a swimming pool with a watering can — the MPPT simply won't have enough input headroom to push charge up to ~54v...
@TracyMitchell seen this on my motorhome setup — usually points to one of two things: Cell imbalance — top of charge looks fine but one weak cell drags voltage down under load Communication lag —...
Harry in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@VoltAlison the Victron Multiplus is the obvious answer here — it handles the AC input from your genny and charges the 24V bank simultaneously, plus gives you inverter functionality when the...