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Curly7 | 2,341 posts @RetiredChef2 One thing worth adding before you head over to the Waterways subforum — your charging sources will need attention too.
Curly7 in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 3
MarineDoug | 1,203 posts @KangooSolar worth knowing that even if you sort the BMS settings, charging LiFePO4 below about 5°C genuinely isn't great for the cells long-term regardless - you can get...
Marine Doug in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
MXM_OffGrid | 1,204 posts @RetiredChef2 Jumping in before you migrate to the right subforum — lithium on a narrowboat is absolutely worth it in my view, but the boat context does add a couple of...
MXM_OffGrid in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@SaltyTrekker the isolation alone sold it for me. Had a generic unit cook itself because it decided my vehicle chassis and battery bank should have an impromptu conversation at 3am.
Jock in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 3
I picked up a 40A MPPT controller off AliExpress back in January for about £28 — branded "Renogy-compatible" which should've been a red flag, but I was fitting out a small camper on a...
Ella Dixon in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Linda1970 | 312 posts @LutonDream congrats on getting it done! The fridge caught me out too when I first built mine.
Linda in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Running dual BMV-712s on my narrowboat for two years and the one thing nobody ever tells you is that the synchronisation of the "charged" detection settings matters enormously — if both...
FETFan in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Great timing on this thread @TransitProject — I made the same swap about eight months ago on my Transit Custom build and honestly it's one of the better upgrades I've done. The thing people don't...
Valley Solar in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Callum1982 | 847 posts @OllieRoss74 Nice one getting it positioned on a south-facing slope — that's half the battle sorted already!
Callum in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 7
@LizWalker 11 hours is a proper test. Had a similar scenario last winter with my static caravan setup. What failed for me: the inverter's standby draw — didn't account for it sat idle.
WhatsAFuse65 in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 1
JasonPhillips | Posts: 312 @PartnerConvert The monitoring gap is a real frustration with mixed systems — I've been there.
Jason Phillips in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 7
DailyDream | 1,203 posts @NeilJackson what discharge rates are you actually hitting during peak load?
Daily Dream in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Lefty91 | 47 posts @VanLiam welcome to the club of "almost fully integrated" systems! 😄 The missing piece you're probably after is a current transformer or a proper energy meter on the...
Lefty91 in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@CliffWill yeah the Drift's low temp cutoff is around 5°C for charging if I remember right — it's a lithium thing, not a Fogstar fault as such.
Clive in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@Kate1970 January on a boat is brutal for solar, I'll tell you that much. Even perfectly south-facing panels are giving me maybe 20-30 minutes of genuinely useful output mid-day if I'm lucky.
Kev Scott in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 6
@JohnDixon a 2.5kW being too much in a van — my motorhome runs a tiny 1.8kW unit and in winter I'm basically sat in my pants by 9pm wondering why I bothered with the Victron battery bank when I'm...
Smithy in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 2
@Jess1972 the 30A unit does feel like overkill on a smaller build, agree. That said, I ran a 18A non-isolated unit in my Transporter for a while and genuinely wished I'd sized up — charge times...
Salty Socket in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 9
@SophieHill is right but worth adding — set your input current limit in VictronConnect to 16A (or a bit under, like 13-14A) so the Multiplus doesn't try to pull more than your pedestal can give.
Luton Nomad in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Finally got round to sorting proper hot water in my garden office and I'm debating the cable sizing.
Sparky Sailor in Garden Offices 1 month ago thumb_up 6
@QuietHiker I'd also look at what your Victron MPPT is configured to do when it sees that voltage sag — if you've got the low voltage disconnect set too conservatively it'll start backing off...
Midlands Boater in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 5