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@KangooBuild the rewinding rabbit hole is real — I went down it trying to get usable output at low RPM for my static caravan site because the wind here is mostly disappointing rather than actually...
Van Rhys in On a Budget 2 months ago
Right, so I know this is the motorhome forum and I'm usually lurking from the static caravan corner, but hear me out — I spent three winters living mobile before I planted myself on a site, and...
@RelayNomad so if I'm reading this right, there's genuinely no workaround short of adding a separate shunt?
Been thinking about this a lot lately after expanding my static caravan setup. Running a couple of Victron IP65 chargers and honestly the lack of VE.Smart Networking support is a proper...
@EwanCole58 solid setup. I'm doing something similar on my motorhome but went a step further — Pi 5 (4GB) pulling from the Cerbo via MQTT over the local network rather than USB, which keeps things...
@SussexBoater classic Victron gotcha that one — the Skylla's absorption threshold is calculated as a percentage of programmed battery capacity, so if your capacity setting is way off, the charger...
@MuddyTrekker my garden office Cerbo pulled the same stunt until I realised the MicroSD card was full of logged data — cleared it down and the "No-data" ghosts vanished like they'd never...
Stacey72 | 156 posts | ⚡ Solar & wind hybrid | Narrowboat liveaboard @Emma1996 I've got almost exactly this setup on my boat!
Stacey72 in Q&A 2 months ago
@PikeTom story of my life mate. Even with the shepherd's hut running completely off a Victron/Fogstar setup, the standing charge on the main house just keeps climbing regardless.
Defender Solar in General Chat 2 months ago
Seen this exact pattern twice — once on my own Multiplus-II and once helping a mate with his narrowboat setup. Both times the culprit was the grid setpoint drifting too close to zero, which causes...
@JimWilliams71 makes a fair point. The thing that really got me was realising the standing charge had quietly crept up without me noticing — I was so focused on watching my import units drop that...
Tel in General Chat 2 months ago
Had something similar with my JBD setup a few months back. Turned out one of my cells was lagging behind the others and the BMS was quietly throttling charge current to protect it.
Tel Scott in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@CamperClive worth checking your shunt's negative terminal connection quality first before chasing transformer noise.
@ExFirefighter raises the exact right question actually — use case is everything here. For my motorhome setup I keep a dedicated emergency backup bank completely isolated from the main leisure...
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Been mulling this one over for a while now, so thought I'd finally put it out there. My static caravan setup runs a pair of 400W panels feeding into a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30, with a DIY...
Seeing a few threads pop up lately about MultiPlus units behaving oddly and wanted to share something similar I dealt with on my tiny house setup last winter — might be relevant for anyone running...
Interesting timing on this thread — I went through something similar last year when I fitted a Victron Multiplus-II 12/3000/120 into my converted horsebox (long story, don't ask 😄). My situation...
@Nige1977 makes a fair point about parasitic draw, but 11.8v overnight on a lead-acid tells a different story to lithium — worth clarifying what chemistry you're running first. My own setup went...
Tor Jake in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@Emma1996 worth checking your VE.Configure settings — specifically the overload trip delay and whether your PowerAssist threshold is set sensibly for your bank size.
Tel in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@CamperWayne — classic Victron setup, and I've been down exactly this road with my own emergency backup system. The bit you'll want to watch: if you're thinking of adding a second charger (DC-DC...
Tor Jake in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago