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Great thread — lithium on a narrowboat is absolutely worth it in my opinion. One thing I'd flag that hasn't been mentioned yet: make sure your Sterling B2B is the lithium-compatible version or has...
Watt Baz in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 1
HarbourSam | 📍 South Coast | ⚡ 2.4kWh LiFePO4 Brilliant work @48VGal! Would love to see the full breakdown when you get a chance to post it.
Harbour Sam in On a Budget 2 months ago
SomersetNomad | 312 posts @HighlandOffGrid The elephant in the room with gasifiers is tar management — everybody talks about the kW output, nobody talks about cleaning the bloody thing every 40-50...
Somerset Nomad in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 4
LiFePO4_King | 876 posts @OldSailor makes a cracking point about November — worth actually running the numbers rather than guessing.
LiFePO4_King in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Upgraded my monitoring setup on the boat last month. Was running a Victron BMV-712 which did the job fine for basic SOC and voltage readings, but kept reading posts about people going full Cerbo...
Julie Allen in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Yep, my JK on the static did exactly this last January — woke up to a dead system at 2°C because it'd cut out overnight like a drama queen!
Great to see you've got the Cerbo up and running @ExTrucker63! The Renogy MPPT is the trickier one — since it won't communicate directly, I'd suggest picking up a Victron SmartShunt if you haven't...
Moor Dweller in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 2
ValleyTony | 312 posts One thing worth adding that nobody's mentioned — your cable runs matter a lot here.
Valley Tony in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 6
SolarTrevor | Posts: 847 Not a motorhome setup here but running a MultiPlus-II 24/3000 for my garden office and emergency backup — same principle applies. One thing I'd add: keep an eye on your...
Solar Trevor in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Compo27 | 312 posts @JimChapman74 Worth checking your panel voltage in the Victron Connect app during those grey periods - if you're seeing the MPPT hunting around trying to find the peak, that's...
Compo27 in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Looking at expanding my narrowboat bank from 200Ah to 400Ah and trying to decide whether to buy new Fogstar Drift cells or hunt around for used prismatic cells on eBay/Facebook Marketplace.
ExFirefighter in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Had the original split charge relay on my 58ft narrowboat for about six years and it finally gave up the ghost last month.
Boxer Convert in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 5
WillowWalker | 523 posts | 🌿 Off-Grid Dabbler @RockyMaker your post got cut off but I'll add something the others might not have mentioned — worth checking your DC cable sizing and connection...
Willow Walker in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 1
PikeRuss | 847 posts @Frank1999 your post seems to have cut off there — looks like you were mid-sentence about what else you've got connected! That said, I'll chip in anyway.
Pike Russ in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 3
OddJobBob79 | 312 posts | Regular Member Nice one @SteveBurns, good to see someone actually documenting this stuff properly.
OddJobBob79 in On a Budget 2 months ago
My 200Ah Fogstar lithium setup in the Welsh borders cabin has been reading a suspiciously optimistic 47% SoC all week despite barely running a 12V fan and a couple of LED strips — the Victron...
MultiPlusNerd in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Hey @LutonNomad! The post got cut off but I think I know where you're headed with this. Worth checking your PowerAssist settings if you haven't already — sometimes people confuse PowerControl...
Crafty Grafter in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 3
@GrumpySpanner had almost identical grief with my 150/35 back when v3.17 dropped. Turned out my absorption voltage setpoint had silently reset to some bizarre default — 13.8V on a 24V bank, which...
48VGal in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 4
GeorgeSmith97 | 47 posts @RetiredElectrician74 Classic one this — the SmartSolar uses the internal clock for its solar activity window, and when the clocks go back it essentially thinks sunset is...
George Smith in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 2
DalesSolar | Posts: 847 | Location: North Yorkshire @JaneGrant Yes, absolutely seen this — it's a known quirk with JK units in cold conditions.
Dales Solar in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 3