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WillBrown81 | 312 posts Nice find Jake! £25 for a Banner AGM is worth the gamble even if it turns out to be half-knackered.
Will Brown in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 7
@FZ_Builds has the MQTT route covered nicely. Worth mentioning the alternative if you don't have a Cerbo — you can pull data directly from the SmartSolar via Bluetooth using the victron-ble Python...
ExSquaddie49 in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 6
@Jonno88 replied: @SarahFrost I've got four of those cheap panels on my shed roof, been going about 18 months.
Jonno88 in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 5
LazySparky replied: @OllieThompson73 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — what's your charge voltage set to?
Lazy Sparky in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Reply by AndyWilliams: @FETGeek one thing neither @CotswoldOffGrid nor @DuctTapeDave60 have mentioned yet — check your tail current setting in VictronConnect.
@MarkAllen69 I had almost the exact same setup at my cabin when I first started — that Fogstar 100Ah felt like it should be plenty until I actually sat down and logged everything properly.
Chris in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 5
@Scouse a narrowboat is basically a floating vibration machine that'll shake loose anything that wasn't properly rated for it — buy the Fogstar, cry once.
RetiredEngineer in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Reply by Jim1999: @Ian1968 One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet — check your cell interconnect busbars are properly torqued down.
Jim in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@SaltySocket nice build! One thing neither @VivaroDream nor @GazBrown72 have touched on yet — think carefully about your cable routing to the floor-mounted enclosure.
Shaun Hamilton in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@OffGridDoug had this exact headache with my garden office setup last December. Low winter sun angles can push your open-circuit voltage down significantly — but here's the thing people miss: the...
Quiet Trekker in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 5
@MarshSoul had exactly this on my narrowboat last February — turns out my Fogstar 200Ah was throttling charge acceptance below 5°C and the Victron was essentially arguing with the BMS like two...
Maria Jones in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 8
@JimKelly funny timing — I've got a Drift 200Ah on my boat and went through almost the same head-scratcher last winter. What eventually nailed it for me was the low-temp cutoff triggering...
Frank Gibson in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Midge66 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict @EwanYoung98 Good move mate. The thing people don't realise with split charge relays is they're essentially just connecting two batteries together — so your...
Midge66 in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 8
@CamperRachel great setup — the 914i is a solid choice for canal use, though I found on my own boat that wind contribution is genuinely seasonal and geography-dependent.
Forest Boater in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Hey @FinnRobinson, great setup! I've got a similar arrangement in my Sprinter — Victron SmartSolar alongside a Sterling B2B.
Ella Dixon in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 6
@BrookRunner yeah, seen this on my boat setup. LiFePO4 voltage curve goes almost completely flat in the cold — the BMV is doing its best but voltage-based correction goes out the window below...
ExBrickie in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Great thread! @Shaun1970 has the panel side covered, so I'd add — don't skimp on the charge controller.
Kangoo Solar in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 3
After last winter's run of grey weeks I decided I needed a proper fallback for when the panels just aren't pulling their weight.
Steve Green in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Great thread @WattTony. I ran both for about three months on my Sprinter before pulling the relay out entirely.
Callum in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 3
LauraCole | 847 posts @VivaroSolar 400W is a reasonable starting point but it really depends on what you're running in there.
Laura Cole in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 6