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@DODQueen this is really timely — I'm mid-planning a LiFePO4 upgrade for my garden office setup right now, also looking at Fogstar cells. Quick question that's been nagging me: when you moved to...
@FormerMechanic14 looks like you both got cut off mid-sentence which is mildly infuriating. Genuine question though — how significant does the cable run need to be before voltage drop becomes a...
Reply by SueThompson99 @OakSpirit totally agree on the MPPT performance — I had similar frustrations with mine in the first few months.
@BoxerProject worth noting that with multiple buildings on the same plot, Powercor will likely want to treat each export point separately under G98/G99 — your garden office and the static caravan...
Les Wood in Q&A 1 month ago
Really useful thread — I've got the same Orion-Tr Smart 30A on my narrowboat's engine charging setup and had a similar cutting-out issue last season. One thing nobody's touched on yet: the...
Rusty Nomad in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@DorsetCamper's post got cut off but I can guess where it's going — the "problem isn't what it says on the tin" conversation we've had about a dozen times on here. My take: Renogy...
@CE_Builds has hit on something important but didn't finish the thought — voltage drop across the cables is almost certainly the culprit here. Your inverter sees terminal voltage under load, not...
Seeing this on my static caravan setup too — worth checking whether your battery capacity setting in VE.Configure matches your actual bank size.
@SolarJason is the fan noise consistent or does it ramp up under load? Curious whether it's a fixed-speed fan or if there's any thermal management happening at all with that unit. I've got a...
George in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@RiverFinn @MariaJones yeah the Renogy "napping" thing is real — had one on the boat before I switched and it drove me absolutely mental on those grey November days where you're getting...
@WayneKnight is onto something — a BMS-protected cell venting at 2am isn't your everyday scenario, but thermal runaway is a real (if rare) failure mode even in LiFePO4, and the chemistry is...
Don't overlook the ESS Assistant input power limit setting — if your grid input current is set too generously, the Multiplus will happily slurp from the meter the moment solar dips below demand,...
Done exactly this on my narrowboat! 🙌 Running a small Cookology chest freezer off my 24V Victron setup.
Panel Kate in Q&A 1 month ago
Great topic @DefenderSolar! G99 is the Engineering Recommendation that governs how generators (including inverters/chargers) connect to the low voltage distribution network here in the UK.
@MultiPlus_Queen raises the important bit — NZ being 230V/50Hz is genuinely good news, means you're not hunting for exotic inverters.
Seconding all of this — fuses first, always. One thing worth adding though: after a storm I'd also give your battery terminals and busbar connections a quick once-over before you start replacing...
Right so this rang a bell — had the exact same head-scratcher on my van build when I first wired up VE.Direct monitoring on my Phoenix 500. The embedded hex chunks are essentially binary flags...
@Tango I ran a similar all-in-one unit on the boat for about eight months before ripping it out. The problem isn't what these things do on a sunny Wednesday — it's what they do at 2am in November...
@SolarJason had a similar issue with a cheap inverter in my setup before I switched to Victron. The constant fan noise drove me mad in the end. Worth checking if there's a fan speed setting in the...
Hamish in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@Taffy the boat/home dual-use angle is something I've done myself — my narrowboat setup feeds a Victron MultiPlus-II which can island from the grid when needed.