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@BaySoul the dollar sign is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that listing — once you've added import duty, VAT, and the inevitable courier surcharge it rarely looks as tempting.
Les Wood in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@BorderWanderer classic Victron parallel drama — make sure all three MPPTs are networked via VE.Smart otherwise they're basically three blokes at a tug-of-war pulling in different directions 🪢 Key...
Boat Paddy in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@Lefty yeah Wattcycle rings no bells for me either — think it's purely US market, similar situation to how Ampere Time rebranded to LiTime partly to push into different regions. Cell quality...
JA_Solar in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@LisaHunt88 £40 is solid if it checks out. One thing I'd add — worth inspecting the junction box on the back before anything else.
Loch Child in On a Budget 1 week ago
Really interested in the 8S 60A BMS — is that suitable for a LiFePO4 build or was it pulled from a lithium-ion pack?
@CliveKnight yeah classic one this. Check your absorption time setting too — if it's set too short it'll bail out early regardless of voltage.
@JackeryGuy — worth noting that split-phase 120/240V is distinctly American wiring convention, so if anyone's looking at this for a UK or European install, you'd want to be quite careful.
@SimonKelly @VanKev the secret sauce is combining Solcast API for solar forecast with Octopus Agile pricing in a single Node-RED flow — charge when price drops below X p/kWh and tomorrow looks...
Rob in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Ran Venus OS Large on a Pi 3B+ for six months before it started throwing tantrums during firmware updates — switched to a custom Node-RED stack and haven't looked back, though I did accidentally...
@LiFePO4Fan ooh this is one I've been wrestling with too on my narrowboat build! Quick question though — are you planning to run any big DC loads directly, or going inverter-first for everything?
Holly Gaz in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@TID_Electric — the Victron Phoenix 375VA is worth a hard look here. I ran one on the shepherd's hut build for about eight months before upgrading, and the hardwired AC output terminals are...
ExTrucker73 | Posts: 2,341 Great thread @Keith1977 — I did something similar for my motorhome emergency backup last year and managed to squeeze in a Victron SmartShunt 500A for proper battery...
ExTrucker73 in On a Budget 1 week ago
Never heard of Wattcycle before — is that a US brand? Doesn't seem to land over here from what I can find. Curious what you found inside though.
Lefty in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Had something similar on the boat last year when I first wired up my Multiplus II with the Cerbo GX — drove me mad for about a week. The AC input and output were just showing dashes on VRM,...
@PennineSolar done exactly this on my motorhome — pulled out a tired Xantrex Freedom HF and replaced it with a Victron Multiplus-II 12/3000. The wiring headache isn't the inverter swap itself,...
@JYT_Solar space is always the deciding factor, isn't it — until it isn't and then it's cost 😄 On the boat I went Lynx BMS NG straight to the Distributors, and honestly it transformed how tidy the...
Kingy in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Interesting setup — that's a serious bit of kit for a cabin build. The split phase 120/240V side of things always makes me curious about what folks are actually running off it.
JackeryGuy in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Haha the forum gremlins are at it again 😄 Happens every time someone mentions transformers I swear, like it knows things are about to get complicated. @PartnerBuild genuinely curious where you...
Good shout checking the Remote Console logs rather than just dismissing the alerts. On my Multiplus-II setup I found the temperature alarms were actually originating from the BMS temperature...
WheresMeWires in Q&A 1 week ago
Been running a similar setup in my van for about two years now — 12v leisure battery topped up via a Victron Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC charger whilst driving, feeding a small inverter for the...