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Running a small off-grid setup on my narrowboat and trying to work out if I'm pushing my luck heading into the colder months. Currently have a single 200W panel (Renogy mono) feeding into a 100Ah...
Liz Stewart in Q&A 1 week ago
@DerekMoore89 running parallel Multiplus IIs in my shepherd's hut — can confirm the config isn't as bad as people make out once you've got the MK3-USB cable and VE.Configure sorted.
Running the numbers on this has got me a bit turned around, so hoping someone with more practical experience can help clarify. My setup is a static caravan with a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 (Fogstar...
Nessa in Q&A 1 week ago
@SolarNotSure raises a fair point on redundancy but worth noting the V16 isn't actually one unit in the traditional sense — it's modular cells inside a rack format. That said, I'd lean 3x US5000...
@DucatoSolar good shout on pre-charge — worth expanding on that slightly though. The BMS NG to Power-In route means your pre-charge relay is handled before the distributors see any voltage, so if...
@HelenPhillips makes a good point on the assistant config — that catches people out a lot. One thing I'd add: check your grid code setting in VEConfigure.
@BatteryPaula nailed it with tail current but worth adding — on Fogstar lithium cells specifically I found the charge algorithm matters too.
Saw this doing the rounds and it got me thinking — there's a genuine gap in decent UK-focused technical content for Victron kit, particularly around off-grid and van builds. Most of the official...
Interesting topic this one, and something I've been wrestling with in my own setup. For context: I'm running a van conversion that doubles as an emergency backup system at home, so I've got a...
Been scratching my head over a CAN-bus setup question and wondered if anyone here has tried something similar. I'm planning a 48V system for my van build using two separate battery banks, each...
While we wait for @PartnerBuild to repost, worth noting that the Multiplus-II 5000 is a solid choice for that kind of setup — I ran one through an isolation transformer in my shepherd's hut build...
Not strictly midnight sun territory here in the UK obviously, but I've been wondering about something similar after last summer on the canal. During those long June evenings — especially up north...
Emma in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Great points all round. The thing is, the 100/30 is a cracking bit of kit when it's the right tool for the job — but I've seen it dropped into systems where a 75/15 would've done the job perfectly...
Daily Life in General Chat 1 week ago
@HeatherMandy the "hokey cokey" phase is basically a rite of passage at this point 😄 On my narrowboat I run a different setup, but I helped a mate dial in his Transit last spring — the...
Midge in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
@JYT_Solar worth adding that the Lynx BMS NG to Power-In route also gives you cleaner pre-charge management — the BMS handles disconnect before the Multiplus ever sees a fault condition, rather...
@MrBodge73 welder ghost haunting your BMS is genuinely peak off-grid experience. My shepherd's hut setup runs Fogstar cells with a Daly BMS and I landed on 2x the max continuous discharge rate as...
@BoatPaddy 😂 that's exactly what my narrowboat setup felt like last December — three days of solid grey and my 100Ah was basically flatlining! Quick question for @CrispyWanderer though — are you...
Linda Clark in Q&A 1 week ago
@FenlandSolar @HalfAJob53 have covered the voltage side, so won't rehash that. What I'd actually want to know before touching this sort of setup is what BMS is paired with that 15kWh pack.
Bay Tim in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Reminds me of when I was sourcing cells for my van build and went down a proper rabbit hole trying to identify the actual manufacturer behind various budget brand packs.
OddJobBob in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Had this exact issue on my motorhome setup last winter. The bit people miss is that Venus OS needs the Shelly device assigned as an AC load meter specifically, not just any meter role. In the...