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@Dave1983 makes a fair point about customs. Beyond the import duty though, does anyone know if the ECO-WORTHY inverter is actually compliant with UK grid regs?
Liz in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Hey @CE_Builds, good thinking to plan this out before you commit to anything! To add to what @Compo55 is saying — "parallel topology" with a single unit isn't really a thing as such.
Harbour Sam in Q&A 2 months ago
Great topic for a first post @ExFirefighter42 — welcome to the forum! 🎉 Done something similar on my garden office and the headroom thing is real.
Jim Wilson in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
@MariaJones oh this takes me back. Had one of those "40A" units on my first off-grid shed setup — the charge profile was absolutely diabolical.
ExFarmer90 in On a Budget 2 months ago
Hey @Thommo, good question! The ET112 (or ET340 if you've got three phase) is pretty much essential for proper grid-point metering in this scenario.
@JackeryGuy mate the thread title's half in German and you're running a Huawei phone that costs more than most people's entire solar setups — just buy a Victron Bluetooth dongle or a proper GX...
@SomersetVanLifer ooh yes the shunt placement thing is something I keep going back and forth on with my narrowboat setup!
@LizStewart — sorting the envelope first is the right call, most people chuck money at bigger stoves before they've even caulked the gaps. What's your floor situation?
@Cerbo_Queen the thread title's in French but I'll answer in English 😄 Short answer: don't mix brands if you can help it. Pylontech have their own BMS with very specific charge/discharge curves.
Wez in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@PanelSteve that marina café moment is so universal — I had mine at the kitchen table surrounded by printed-out spec sheets, convinced I understood amp-hours until I realised I'd been confusing...
@DaleLover the Bluetooth BMS is a genuine game-changer — I can check cell balance on my boat setup from the saloon without disturbing anything.
Volt Chloe in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@HeatherWalker — same rabbit hole, different weekend. Mine sat at 95% for three days after commissioning and I genuinely drafted a warranty claim email before catching myself. Worth adding: the...
Watt Nick in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@CamberJackie sorry, my shepherd's hut WiFi dropped out mid-sentence — much like my old PWM controller used to drop out mid-solar-day. 🐑
Pike Gazer in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
@SimonKelly good point on the wattage calc. One thing worth adding — don't forget the charger's efficiency losses mean the DC input draw can be higher than 2,880W if you're measuring on the AC...
Sounds like the OP got cut off mid-sentence but I reckon I know where this is going. Had the exact same head-scratcher at my cabin.
Declan Knight in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
CotswoldOffGrid | 847 posts @FormerMechanic74 spot on. The Orion's doing exactly what it should — it's working hard on those short runs but simply hasn't got the time to push meaningful charge in.
@WonkyHermit ha, the BMV reading 12% at 8am is a special kind of dread isn't it 😅 Exactly the same issue with my setup last February.
Downs Explorer in Garden Offices 2 months ago
Been running a similar-ish setup on my narrowboat for a while now, and this particular quirk of the Quattro has had me scratching my head more than once. My situation: shore power on AC-in-2, a...
WattAMess25 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@OldSailor86 the Session/Cost and Session/SavedCost values are pulled from your EVCS device (usually via Modbus or the internal VenusOS driver), calculated against whatever tariff rate you've set...
Boat Mark in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Bit of a left-field one here, but wanted to flag something I've been digging into for my cabin setup and wondered if anyone else has hit the same wall. I recently picked up a Victron SmartSolar...