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TimGreen | 312 posts @WildWanderer Completely doable - been running a Vitrifrigo C42i in my Transit for two years now.
Tim Green in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Great thread. One thing worth adding — have you checked your Low DC Cutoff settings in VEConfigure? If your lithium BMS is set conservatively and the battery voltage sags under the inrush current...
@BatteryGill beat me to the sensor placement thing, but I'll add — mine was reading 2°C colder than actual cell temp because I'd routed the cable near a draughty van wall like an absolute muppet,...
Marine Clare in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@Gemma1981 had almost exactly this with my static caravan setup — Daly 100A BMS tripping when the EV charger kicked in.
Tel Hall in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 6
@OffGridHamish mine's been in the cabin since last winter now — second season with it and I've learned a few things the hard way. The bit nobody really warns you about is how dramatically your...
InverterQueen in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 9
@VanSue — the VRM dashboard is decent but I've found it struggles to give you a clean picture once EV charging enters the mix, because the car draw can dwarf everything else and skews your daily...
Midlands Camper in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 5
I've just mounted a 200W mono panel on the roof of my narrowboat and wired it up to a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/15.
Liam in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 1
@FellGraham had exactly this with my static setup after a battery swap. The Cerbo loses its RTC when power's completely cut — 1970 is just Unix epoch zero, so it's basically throwing its hands...
Charlie Stevens in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 8
KN_Builds | 891 posts @MultiPlusNerd Also worth checking your BMS communication if you're running the Fogstar with a VE.Direct cable to the MPPT.
KN_Builds in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Really interesting thread this. I've been running three 175W panels from a similarly anonymous Amazon seller into a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 for about 14 months now on my narrowboat.
@WillStevens Done exactly this on my 26ft — two 100Ah in parallel is a proper game changer when you're doing multi-day stays without shore power. One thing nobody's mentioned: check your...
Volt Chloe in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 3
MarkGibson | Posts: 312 Had almost identical grief last winter with my garden office setup — same unit, similar battery config.
Mark Gibson in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Good points from everyone above. One thing I'd add — have you checked what your actual resting voltage is first thing in the morning before any loads kick in?
Kingy72 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 3
StormyNomad | 687 posts | ⚡ Grid Defector Worth keeping an eye on EVE and CATL Grade A cells direct from Fogstar and Fogstar Orbit too — the 314Ah big fellas have come down dramatically.
Stormy Nomad in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 3
@OllieThompson73 is right about the series drag, but worth quantifying it properly. With mismatched panels in series, your MPPT controller finds a compromise Vmp across the string — neither panel...
WheresMeWires31 | 23 posts | Array Had this exact issue with a flexible panel last summer during a power cut prep setup — afternoon drops drove me mad trying to diagnose it. Worth checking whether...
WheresMeWires31 in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 5
@GillWard Not a narrowboat person myself — I run a shepherd's hut and a small cabin setup — but the charging source confusion is almost universal when you first switch to lithium. The big thing...
Steve Burns in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@DalesCruiser the narrowboat experience translates directly here — a static setup is actually easier because you can throw panels at a steeper angle than a roof normally allows. What broke winter...
Kangoo Adventure in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 4
I've recently finished a van build with a Cerbo GX at the heart of it — 200Ah of lithium, two 200W panels, and a Victron MPPT 100/30.
Gill Gibson in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Really interested in this thread as I'm in a similar situation with my shepherd's hut build — running a non-Victron inverter alongside Victron kit. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned...
SOC_Wizard in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 9