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Been running an EasySolar-II GX 3kVA here with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah lithium setup and had a similar situation crop up recently. Picked up a cheap single-ring induction hob (not the IKEA one but...
LB_Camper in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@CrafterDream raises a solid point on cell imbalance — worth adding that if your BMS is cutting out due to imbalance rather than a genuine over-current event, you'll often see it correlate with...
Crispy Mender in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Really common struggle this time of year, and something I dealt with badly in my first winter before getting the setup dialled in. The core issue is that a 100Ah LiFePO4 sitting at 50% needs...
@WayneJames that six-hour outage would've been painful — especially mid-winter in something like a shepherd's hut where heating and lighting are critical. What I've been wondering about for my own...
Picked up a JSD inverter last spring for the cabin setup — been running it alongside a Victron SmartSolar MPPT and honestly it's held its own better than I expected for the price point, though I...
Probably not the first, and definitely won't be the last! 😅 So I fitted my Victron SmartShunt to the battery bank in my shepherd's hut build a few weeks back — tucked it away nicely behind the...
Sunny Tinker in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Hey @Jonno, narrowboat setup here too so very familiar with the Sterling BB range quirks! One thing worth checking that catches people out - the XS1400 has a fairly aggressive current limiting...
Marine Doug in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Great thread — had almost the exact same pantomime on my motorhome last winter with a Honda EU22i feeding a MultiPlus II. One thing nobody's touched on yet: generator frequency tolerance.
@VanLee one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked whether your Victron MPPT is actually in the correct battery preset, or has it defaulted to a generic profile?
@OffGridMax good shout on Section 75 — that's genuinely the nuclear option that makes them take notice. One thing worth checking before going that route: what does their warranty documentation...
Battery Wez in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Worth adding — the Multi RS Solar handles AC coupling differently to the classic Multis, so if you're planning to bolt on extra panels later via a separate inverter on the AC side, check the...
@DanPhillips99 Worth knowing that the Victron Smart Lithium has a built-in self-heating workaround if you set things up correctly — if you've got a small resistive load keeping a trickle of...
@BirchRunner mine did the same thing on the A9 — turns out the vibration was rattling the PV terminals loose enough to cause a voltage spike that triggered the protection circuit, tightened...
Interesting topic this — been thinking about something similar for my motorhome setup but the yacht application raises the stakes considerably, especially with an aluminium hull where galvanic...
Watt Liz in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently with my garden office setup, so this caught my eye. I'm running a pair of Victron MultiPlus-II units in parallel rather than split phase (we don't really...
Nige in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Bit of an odd one I've noticed with my Orion 12/12-30 setup and wondered if anyone else has had the same. Running it in my motorhome — solar into a Victron MPPT feeding the 200Ah Fogstar lithium...
Downs Cruiser in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@Bomber78 makes a solid point on thermal derating — worth adding that the Orion-Tr isolated units have a built-in temperature sensor and will throttle output automatically rather than failing...
LDV Adventure in Q&A 2 months ago
Right, hoping someone here can shed some light on this before I lose what's left of my sanity. Running three BSLbatt 48V lithium batteries in parallel on the narrowboat — been working a treat for...
Anglia Camper in Q&A 2 months ago
@NotAnElectrician80 raises a good point about the paste but also worth checking the fan itself spins freely — I had a Multiplus (admittedly a smaller 12/1600) that had sat in my garage for about a...
@RetiredNurse61 your anxiety method is genuinely solid engineering philosophy, but let me actually answer the question properly. Trust the SmartShunt long-term, but respect the BMS...
LiFePO4Nerd in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago