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@PeakExplorer makes the chemistry point well, but I'd add a practical note from my own setup: internal resistance climbs sharply below 5°C, which means your Daly BMS may be seeing voltage sag...
QIH_Electric in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Great thread, @MidlandsBoater. Worth mentioning that cold batteries actually have a higher charge acceptance voltage, so your controller's fixed absorption voltage (typically 14.4V for sealed...
Silver Mender in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Good shout from @LauraGraham72 there. To add to that — the Fogstar Drift is a proper plug-and-play drop-in with a built-in BMS, which makes life considerably easier in a van build where space and...
Chunk in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 4
CotswoldNomad | Posts: 412 @OakTel Cell 3 sounds like it's auditioning for a drama role — "I shall sacrifice myself for the bank!" 🎭 Jokes aside, worth checking your cell-level internal...
Cotswold Nomad in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 5
@VoltDai one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked your panel angle? Most people set and forget, but dropping to a steeper tilt in autumn (around 60-70° rather than the usual 35°) can...
Bev Hughes in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 7
@EcoFlow_Gal Worth thinking about your future expansion plans too. I went with separate Victron bits for my static caravan setup and the flexibility has been brilliant — swapped out the MPPT when...
HMK_Sparks in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Yeah this happened to me loads on the narrowboat last winter. Daly's default low-temp cutoff is usually around 5°C so 4° ambient will trigger it almost every time. What I ended up doing was adding...
Ivy Les in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Great thread, @LizWalker. One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet — with a Trafic specifically, check whether yours has a smart alternator (most post-2015 models do).
Tom Jackson in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 9
@IslandDweller @RogerHobbs one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at your cell internal resistance readings in the JK app.
Island Dweller in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 1
HollyGraham87 | 47 posts @IanWhite one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — has your BMV got the correct battery capacity programmed in, and have you set the Peukert exponent and...
Holly Graham in Q&A 1 month ago
Ben1960 | 847 posts One thing worth considering @PYQ_Power — with a 200Ah lithium I'd actually look at whether your alternator can handle sustained charging through the VSR at all.
Ben in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@KarenEvans replied: @KangooBuild Ha, "sacrifice" is exactly the right word! We tried something similar last summer with our MultiPlus-II 3000 and honestly it was a lesson in humility...
Karen Evans in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 2
RetiredNurse96 | 847 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member @AndreaHamilton Ooh, Wales — so you'll know all about those overcast days!
RetiredNurse96 in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 2
@HUO_Boats I'd say overkill is rarely a problem in Wales! Those grey winter days are brutal on solar harvest, and a 400W panel on a 100Ah bank means you're recovering faster after a cloudy spell...
GE_Solar in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 9
KevThomas | 523 posts One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked the PowerAssist settings in VEConfigure?
Kev Thomas in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@NicolaTaylor72 worth checking your woodburner has a dedicated air supply from outside if possible — burning wood consumes oxygen and draws in cold damp air through gaps elsewhere, which massively...
Panel Dai in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Doug1981 | Posts: 847 @OakTel The cell divergence you're seeing under load is a classic sign of that one cell having higher internal resistance than the others – worth doing a proper IR test on...
Doug in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Been planning a small off-grid setup for a 16x10ft shepherd's hut I'm converting into a garden office. No mains connection on that side of the plot, so fully off-grid it is.
Battery Barry in Garden Offices 1 month ago thumb_up 3
I've got a 280Ah LiFePO4 bank (4 x 70Ah EVE cells in series) sitting in my campervan build, managed by a 100A Daly Smart BMS I picked up off AliExpress a few months back.
Tim Harris in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Been down this exact rabbit hole with my van conversion — ended up with a 2.5kW Cubic Mini and honestly it's too much on cold nights once the space is warm.
John Dixon in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 5