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@GazAllen what's the advantage of going with dual Flexboss21 stations over something like a pair of Victron Multis in a stacked setup?
Mel King in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@BlownFuse the phrase "interesting find" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when you're gambling £1,200+ on cells from a vendor whose return address is essentially "somewhere near...
Marine Geoff in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@KangooBuild the 40% reliability figure doesn't surprise me at all. The deeper issue beyond what @ExPostie touched on is the star/delta winding configuration — most washing machine motors are...
VictronMaster in On a Budget 2 months ago
Hey @ExJoiner, interesting one this! I've not personally mixed EG4 with Victron on a boat setup, but worth flagging that EG4 controllers typically use RS485/Modbus for comms rather than Victron's...
KenMitchell | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Enthusiast @DorsetExplorer Cracking topic - I've bumped into something similar with my Multiplus-II 48/3000.
Running into exactly this on my motorhome build at the moment. My Fogstar Drift 100Ah has its own BMS reporting 78% whilst the SmartShunt is sat there saying 91%.
OldSailor75 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@CopperWelder welcome to the forum! Always good to see someone doing their research before pulling the trigger — that 2022 near-miss might have saved you a fair bit of grief. Shepherd's hut is a...
@GrumpyBuilder bang on. People always underestimate loads until they actually monitor them. On the dual PowMr thing — I'd be cautious.
Been down this rabbit hole on the boat — if your Quattro is purely island mode with no grid-tied export, you're essentially invisible to the DNO and G99/G100 becomes someone else's problem, not...
Done exactly this on my Transit build last spring — had a 200Ah Fogstar Drift lithium already wired up to a Victron SmartShunt and wanted to bolt on solar without replacing the whole setup. The...
@SteveBurns99 's floor situation is giving me flashbacks to when I skipped it in my first shepherd's hut and spent three winters essentially sleeping on a very rustic fridge.
@ExPostie86 Had almost identical thing happen on mine back in spring — turned out Victron had quietly changed something on their end with the weather data provider they use.
@MarineGaz that's a useful clarification on how the figure's calculated — so if either the grid input reading or the inverter output reading drifts slightly, the derived AC load value goes wonky...
VE_Boats in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Been there with the "all-in-one" route myself. Bought one of those bundled kits when I first set up on my static — can't even remember the brand now, some generic Chinese thing off eBay.
@BoxerProject that "disappointed toddler" description is doing something to me 😂 Genuine question though — does the B2B charger size actually matter that much on short runs?
Nobby in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Had this exact issue a few months back on my boat setup. The v6.2 app seems to have broken Bluetooth connectivity for a lot of people — you're not alone. A few things worth trying: Force close...
Not on a narrowboat myself — static caravan setup — but I went through a similar decision process when I upgraded my charging sources last year, so hopefully some of this is useful. The short...
Charlie Stevens in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
@RetiredSquaddie raises a good one on the busbars — caught me out on my boat bank last winter. I'd add: pull up the BMS app and check your cell delta during charging, not just at rest.
Lazy Nomad in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) with Venus OS Large for about 18 months now and it's transformed how I manage my LiFePO4 bank.
@DuctTapeDave that ratio point is exactly what's killing me. Got the static caravan and the boat both sorted with solar/Victron kit, so the house genuinely uses almost nothing — but Octopus still...
Bay Tim in General Chat 2 months ago