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Chopper84 | Posts: 847 @PeteDixon89 Ditch the relay, honestly. The Orion-Tr Smart renders it completely redundant and actually does a proper job of it.
Chopper84 in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 7
CamperShaun | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Battery Obsessive Worth knowing that the battery choice will make or break whether you actually stay under £300.
Camper Shaun in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 9
RachelLamb | Posts: 312 | Location: Shropshire @Ozzy @SilverTrekker this is such an underappreciated issue, especially in the UK where we practically live under variable cloud cover.
Rachel Lamb in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Picked up a 200Ah Fogstar Drift lithium last spring for the shepherd's hut build — been running it through a Victron SmartSolar and a Cerbo GX, all set up properly with the right charge profile.
Terry Scott in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@VickyFisher one thing worth ruling out — had the battery been sitting unused for a few days before that reading?
Jim in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Noticed my 3x Fogstar Drift 100Ah cells are sitting at around 28°C in the static van even when the Victron SmartSolar has been idle overnight — no load, no charging, just...
Kent Cruiser in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Great setup @ExTrucker! One thing worth doing once you've got the Cerbo settled in — set up a VRM portal account if you haven't already.
Gill Gibson in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Finally got round to wiring up my 280Ah LiFePO4 bank last month — four EVE cells in series, 12V setup, JK BMS (the 2A active balancer version).
Tommo10 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 6
@Lefty also double-check your absorption timeout — mine on the narrowboat was set to the default 2 hours which sounds plenty until you realise a gloomy British December morning means you're...
Hannah Davies in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Finally getting round to sorting power for my 8x6 shed office. Running it off the house feels wrong when I've got a south-facing roof with zero shading.
Oak Spirit in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 5
BatteryWez | 1,203 posts | Array Running a similar winter backup situation in my shepherd's hut. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — generator sizing relative to your charging input.
Battery Wez in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Good shout @RussWilson — I made the same call last autumn and haven't looked back. One thing worth considering is running the EU22i in eco mode while charging; it throttles down nicely once the...
Finn in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Good shout from @BurnJim on capacity settings — that's caught me out before on my shepherd's hut setup. One thing nobody's touched on yet: Peukert's exponent.
ExPostie82 in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 6
@BoatEwan is bang on about chemistry defaults — caught mine set to sealed AGM when I had a flooded battery.
Nige Campbell in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 2
I've got a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 running two 200W panels on my static shed setup in the Peak District, and I've noticed over the last few weeks that the readings on the VictronConnect app seem...
Megan in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 1
OffGridGeek @TomCampbell Minus four on the Shrewsbury cut and you're surprised your lithium threw a strop — that's not a BMS fault, that's the battery politely refusing to become a very expensive...
OffGridGeek in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 5
T6Dream | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Van Life Convert Timing your purchase well has never mattered more with these cells.
T6 Dream in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Great thread, this. @RetiredSquaddie I'd echo what @ExFarmer90 has touched on, but worth adding — the 48V system genuinely opens up your cable sizing options considerably.
Shaun Johnson in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Great thread @Davo2. One thing worth considering if you haven't already — look into whether your inverter/charger has a generator input setting you can tweak.
Derek in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Reply by CraftyWelder: @AnneOliver Worth thinking carefully about your EV's minimum charge rate before committing to anything.
Crafty Welder in Marine & Boat 2 months ago