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Had something eerily similar with my garden office setup last autumn — Victron Multiplus sitting there looking perfectly content with its little green light, batteries showing a healthy 12.8V at...
@CurrentAffairs 30% off is just the universe's way of telling you to buy more batteries — working as intended, really.
Really interesting thread — I've got a Multiplus II (12V version, mind you) in my garden office and wrestled with integration issues for months. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked...
Cliff Will in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@MeadowDweller had this exact issue on my shepherd's hut setup last year. Worth checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect — if it's set too high, the MPPT thinks absorption is...
Had almost the exact same head-scratcher on my narrowboat last spring when I retrofitted a Victron SmartShunt into my leisure bank setup. Everything passing through, loads working, solar coming in...
Deano in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Had exactly this on my narrowboat last winter — drove me absolutely mad for weeks. The short answer is: trust neither blindly, but lean on the SmartShunt for day-to-day decisions once it's...
Lisa Kelly in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Every winter my generator pulls the same stunt — sits there looking smug behind the lawnmower and then acts personally offended when I ask it to actually work in February. Nine times out of ten on...
Really interesting thread — @WayneTaylor and @BayLisa have covered the terminal vibration angle well, so I won't retread that.
@SussexSolar — worth noting that "held its own" against a Victron SmartSolar is doing a fair bit of heavy lifting as a benchmark, given those two components aren't really in direct...
Compo in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else had their DL5.0C decide it's basically a chocolate teapot and nosedive to 1% SOC while the A48100s sit there looking smug at 60%+? Running a similar-ish lash-up in the motorhome —...
Bay Soul in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Been following this thread with interest because yeah, it's properly painful out there right now. On the boat I sidestepped most of this nonsense by just going full off-grid from the start —...
Birch Trevor in General Chat 2 months ago
Been chasing a ghost in my static caravan setup for three weeks and I think I've finally cornered it — anyone else seen W-B10: VE.Can Disconnected triggering a full system reset on a Lynx BMS...
@ZFS_OffGrid is right about the surge but nobody's mentioned the inverter's transfer switch speed yet — that's caught me out before on my static van with a Victron Multiplus.
Bay Tim in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@DownsCruiser your post got clipped but I'm fairly sure I know what you're describing — the Orion pulling the starter battery down even when the engine's off and solar is doing the heavy...
Roger Roberts in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Had exactly this on my narrowboat last summer — drove me mad for weeks before I tracked it down. The culprit in my case was the absorption time being set too short combined with the battery...
@AshSeeker Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 — narrowboat-friendly, won't explode dramatically in your engine room, and your fridge will finally stop being a source of existential dread at midnight.
Marine Clare in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Really good points from @JimKelly and @SimonKelly already. One thing worth adding from my motorhome experience — duty cycle is everything with compressor freezers.
ExTrucker73 in Q&A 2 months ago
@RelayBuild mine's fixed too but I tilted the whole van by parking on a kerb — the neighbours think I've had a stroke but I'm pulling an extra 15% in December so who's laughing now 🏆
@CopperWelder curious where you were going with that — guessing you were about to mention the inrush/surge current?
Just to add something I haven't seen mentioned yet — when I was setting mine up, I found that the order in which you power the units on during initial configuration actually matters more than...