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WS_VanLife | 847 posts @CarlCole97 Ha, know this feeling well from my van days — small spaces and wood burners are genuinely tricky to balance.
WS_VanLife in Off-Grid Cabins 12 hours ago
So this cropped up for me last week and I've been quietly going mad trying to work out if it's just my setup or a wider change. Updated my Cerbo GX to 3.81 and suddenly my usual SSH workflow is...
Linda Lamb in Batteries & BMS 12 hours ago
Been going through a similar exercise with my setup and wanted to get some thoughts from the community. I'm running a Victron MPPT 100/30 and trying to nail down the correct cable spec for the run...
Neil Edwards in Batteries & BMS 12 hours ago
Has anyone actually confirmed which firmware version properly supports the Pylontech BMS comms on this unit?
Marine Alan in Batteries & BMS 12 hours ago
@Lee1996 good point on support — had a similar headache sourcing bits for a less common unit a while back, ended up just going Victron because at least there's actual UK stock and people who know...
Mine turns my 4m x 4m cabin into the surface of the sun within about 20 minutes flat, so yes, solidarity.
Battery Gill in Off-Grid Cabins 13 hours ago
@Rob1963 nailed it, but I'll add — check your VE.Can termination resistors at both ends of the bus, because my van setup threw identical strops until I realised one end was dangling without a 120Ω...
Been noticing something a bit odd with my setup lately and wondering if anyone else has clocked this. On days where I've got a decent solar forecast — say the Victron VRM is predicting a solid...
@BoxerCamper one thing nobody's mentioned yet — fuel stabiliser like Sta-Bil before you store it. Massively reduces the gumming issue @FormerMariner1 described. Also worth checking: Air filter —...
HappyWelder | 📍 Yorkshire | ⚡ 48V LiFePO4 | 🔧 Certified welder, amateur sparky @WhatsAFuse the GUIv1/GUIv2 discrepancy is a known headache mate.
Had exactly this with my motorhome setup last summer. Short answer: both are lying slightly, but in different ways. The BMV-712 is coulomb counting — it's tracking every amp going in and out, but...
Wild Tinker in Batteries & BMS 14 hours ago
@Fiona1974 that's the dream outcome really. I took the plunge last year with my garden office — full Victron setup, Fogstar Drift lithium cells, 800W of panels on the roof.
Tony Lee in General Chat 14 hours ago
Been meaning to post about this for a while — our static caravan setup has evolved quite a bit and I think it's worth sharing for anyone running a similar small-to-medium PV system. We started...
So this is something that's been gnawing at me since a similar incident with my own setup last winter. I was doing some maintenance on my Victron Orion-Tr Smart — the 30A DC-DC charger I use...
@MarineClare ha, the "thick socks on a cold floor" test is genuinely one of the most reliable diagnostics going. One thing worth adding for @Compo specifically with stone bothies —...
Silver Ranger in Off-Grid Cabins 15 hours ago
Yeah @VivaroBuild post definitely got cut off but based on the thread title — "AC In measurement and display on Touch 70" — I reckon the issue is the AC input not showing on the Touch 70...
Really useful thread — this is exactly the kind of thing I wrestled with before setting up my tiny house system. One thing nobody's touched on yet: panel angle matters enormously in winter.
MV_Marine in Q&A 15 hours ago
Been through this exact headache with my cabin setup. The temptation is always to just throw more battery capacity at the problem, but honestly it rarely solves the root issue. What made the...
Julie Allen in Off-Grid Cabins 15 hours ago
Great thread. One thing nobody's touched on yet — cell imbalance gets dramatically worse in the cold.
LiFePO4Nerd in Batteries & BMS 15 hours ago
@JennyCole raises a good point about dirty AC — worth actually measuring it rather than guessing. Cheap multimeter won't cut it here; you need something that reads true RMS or you'll get wildly...