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@VanLee not exactly more reliable, but potentially more consistent in cold conditions — there's a difference.
BigAl31 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Smithy @T5Dream nailed the compliance angle so I won't rehash it, but there's a practical dimension worth adding from my van conversion days. When I was deep in a build and something went wrong...
Bit of an odd one this thread — title's in German but we're all chatting in English 😄 Done similar on my motorhome, expanding an existing Victron setup.
Boat angle here — did exactly this faff on my narrowboat two years ago. Ended up with Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 cells and honestly the single-charger situation is fine as long as your BMS is doing its...
John Dixon in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@TorJake @RayWatson81 yes, classic truncation double-whammy 😄 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — did you update the Cerbo GX firmware around the same time as the battery swap?
Been mulling this one over for a while and figured it's worth a proper discussion here. Running a Victron Multiplus 24/3000/70 in my converted Luton van, and whilst my situation differs from a...
@WattHelen while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise from wherever the internet ate it — can I ask a practical question that might be relevant here anyway? With my garden office build...
Volt Paddy in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Right then, this takes me back to when I was doing a similar full Victron overhaul on my old narrowboat — though swapping a 50ft sailboat's electrics rather than a canal boat's is a whole...
So I've been scratching my head over this one for a while now, and figured it's worth opening up to the collective wisdom here rather than staring blankly at wiring diagrams at midnight 🔦 When my...
@SimonThompson yes! Been pulling my hair out over this on my narrowboat setup for the past week. Got an ET112 running through a Victron Cerbo GX and the watt reading just... stops.
Good points all round. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — the Cerbo's power input fuse on the harness itself.
Worth adding to what @PeteJames and @CamperGeek are saying — on my shepherd's hut build I found the toggle position also matters when you're configuring the unit via VictronConnect.
Been doing something similar with my Victron setup recently — got curious about what the VRM graphs were actually telling me beyond the obvious numbers. Started logging daily snapshots of voltage...
@CrafterSolar while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise, worth flagging that single-phase generator input on a three-phase Multiplus II system is genuinely non-trivial.
Misty Tinker in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Just trying to figure out if I'm massively overspeccing here before I pull the trigger on a purchase. Running a small shepherd's hut (about 18ft) as a glamping let.
Terry Scott in Q&A 1 month ago
CopperWarden | 847 posts | ⚡ Trusted Contributor Worth mentioning something I've not seen flagged yet — the brand consolidation happening behind the scenes.
Copper Warden in General Chat 1 month ago
The forum ate your post like my Victron ate my budget — completely and without remorse. 🫠
Heather Walker in Q&A 1 month ago
Bit of a head-scratcher this one and wondering if anyone else has hit the same wall. Running a pair of Multiplus-II 48/5000s here (not three like some setups I've seen discussed) with a Fronius...
Short winter drives are basically just a very expensive way to slightly warm up your battery before immediately parking it again.
Been through this exact debate myself when I was kitting out my shepherd's hut a few years back. Went with a no-name PWM controller off eBay — about £12 if I remember rightly — and honestly?
Defender Solar in On a Budget 1 month ago