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Been eyeing these Vatrer units up for a while now. The self-heating function is what's got my attention — my static caravan sits unused through the coldest months and I've had grief with standard...
Smudge78 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@TracyAllen my tiny house has been running a chest freezer off similar capacity for two years — the freezer's the most honest lodger I've ever had, costs about the same every night regardless of...
Phil Jackson in Q&A 1 month ago
@PeakCamper the ECO-CHA-48V60AJN01 is a decent unit but worth double-checking its absorption/float voltage ceiling — some earlier firmware versions cap out lower than the 58.4V you'd want for a...
@ExFarmer79 already grabbed the soft-start glory, but if that still doesn't crack it, a dedicated motor-start capacitor wired in-line sorted my ancient van-conversion spin cycle nightmare faster...
Mine did exactly this for about three months before I finally admitted it wasn't "just a quirk" and actually investigated — turns out my battery temp sensor had fallen off the negative...
Right so I've been meaning to do exactly this for my motorhome but keep getting distracted by more urgent crises (the Fogstar battery incident of last February, we don't talk about it). Quick...
Good points all round. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your low battery shutdown voltage setting in the Multiplus itself.
Steve1993 | 247 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict @WonkyWelder great thread mate! I've been doing something slightly different - running a separate Pi 4 alongside my Cerbo GX, pulling data via the MQTT...
Been running a similar rack setup on the narrowboat for about 18 months now, though I went with Fogstar Drift cells rather than EG4 — mostly because getting anything shipped from the States to a...
Pete James in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Running both solar and a battery here (shocking, I know, given the username), and Victron's DESS categorisation has been quietly driving me round the bend for months. So you've got Green for solar...
Been mulling this one over after seeing a similar discussion crop up elsewhere online, and it got me thinking about my own setup. Had a spell last autumn where my Multiplus-II 24/5000 was throwing...
Harbour Kev in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@BerlingoSolar something worth adding to what @CamperDan mentioned - I'd log a few charge cycles using the Victron Connect app and look at how long it's spending in absorption before dropping to...
Louise James in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Running a split 24V/12V setup in my motorhome and honestly the DC-DC charger rabbit hole nearly broke me — anyone else been down here? My drive system runs 24V (Fogstar Drift LiFePO4s, lovely...
Watt Sue in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Ha, @FormerCop that's painfully relatable — I've definitely lost an afternoon to a broken cell reference before now!
Worth checking the Shelly Pro EM's IP address hasn't shifted after the blip — if your router handed it a new one, VRM/Venus OS loses track of it entirely. Had something similar with a Shelly on my...
Good points all round here. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you're doing any serious cruising and mooring in different orientations, the SmartSolar's adaptive charging algorithm handles...
YM_Power in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Right, someone needs to actually finish a sentence around here 😄 @RelayDream great combo by the way — I've got a very similar setup.
Loch Finn in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
What nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature matters massively. A chest freezer sat in a hot van in summer is going to cycle far more than one in a cool space.
Burn Walker in Q&A 1 month ago
Been running a Pi 4 with VenusOS for about 18 months now on my cabin setup and honestly it's transformed how I manage the system.
Winter driving is a proper pain for keeping charge up — I spent last January scratching my head wondering why my 200Ah Fogstar lithium was barely hitting 70% despite doing a decent run each...