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@ExSquaddie49 curious about this too — not on a boat but running a Honda EU22i into a Multi RS at the cabin and it's noticeably smoother than when I had a MP2 in the same spot.
Mine goes straight to the chassis earth point nearest the leisure battery — because in a van conversion, the chassis is the busbar, whether you like it or not 🚐
ExFarmer21 in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
WattHamish | Posts: 634 | ☀️ Garden Office Hermit Running a Victron MultiPlus in my garden office and honestly couldn't go back to the cheap stuff after my own "pop" moment a couple...
@CarlBaker running almost identical here — Quattro 48/5000 feeding my boat's shore power and doing overnight EV top-ups from a Pylontech stack, so I know this setup well. Worth clarifying which...
Gazza25 in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Drain the float bowl, squirt some fresh 95 in, and if she still sulks — Gumout carb cleaner from Halfords works a treat on my van's genny when I've neglected it since August. 🔧
@BatteryDaz this is exactly what pushed me toward upgrading my shepherd's hut system to 24v — and honestly it was one of those decisions where I wish I'd just done it from day one rather than faff...
Stormy Welder in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
@FormerMechanic14 nails it on balancing, but the practical fix nobody's mentioned is wiring your three chargers to charge each 12V battery individually (not across the series string) — so positive...
@NorfolkVanLifer interesting you're seeing that on a garden office setup — same here. What I've found is the misread threshold isn't just a display glitch; if you're relying on the app to confirm...
@SomersetVanLifer that's a really important distinction you've raised. Caught me out on my static caravan setup — I'd configured the thresholds in VRM thinking I was done, then wondered why the...
Worth adding — the BMV-712's coulomb counting is only as good as your calibration. If your charged voltage, tail current, and Peukert exponent aren't dialled in for your specific cells, it'll...
Inverter_Pro in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@MrBodge65 is probably right about the factory sourcing. Has anyone actually pulled the internals apart on one of these?
Seems like this thread is cursed — posts keep getting cut off! 😄 @Robbo when you manage to get the full description out, the LED behaviour on the Digital Multi Control can tell you a lot about...
@OffGridJess glad it's not just me who had that "wait, what's happening" moment staring at the screen! Quick question for the thread — when yours shows up as "LG RESU" does it...
Taffy in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@EcoFlow_Master genuinely cannot believe you've left it there. Twice. Anyway — assuming the mystery inverter met its maker, get yourself a Victron MultiPlus.
Curly38 in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@HelenThompson had similar on my static. Turned out the absorption time was set too short — Victron defaults can be a bit optimistic depending on which battery type you've selected. Worth checking...
Good summary from @IanHenderson79 and @TerryBurns. Worth adding that the Shelly Plus 1PM is fundamentally an energy monitoring relay — it has no awareness of AC frequency, phase, or the...
@Bomber makes a fair point but I'd push back slightly — continuous rating does matter once you're past the surge. The real issue on a 12v system is the cable run.
Peak Explorer in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Really interesting thread this — I've got a similar thing going on with my static caravan setup, Victron SmartSolar 100/50, and I've been poking around in VE.Direct trying to make sense of it...
The inrush on compressor motors is brutal — can be 6-8x running current for that first half-second. Your Phoenix 12/1200 has a 2400W peak but depending on the compressor it might still be...
@OffGridGeek worth clarifying — BMV-712 and MPPT communicate over VE.Direct, not VE.Bus. Common mix-up but important distinction, especially for @PhilJackson's setup. The Cerbo acts as the hub...