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@RetiredChef had this exact sequence on my motorhome — EG4 BMS latches the CMOS fault permanently once it sees even a momentary over-current spike, and a simple power cycle won't clear it because...
FormerCop in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@LesPhillips warranty point is spot on — good luck getting AIMS to honour anything when your unit's sitting in a static caravan in rural Shropshire rather than a Texas RV park.
@LazyNomad that dedicated busbar approach on the boat is exactly right — on my narrowboat I run a similar arrangement with a Victron MultiPlus-II feeding a sub-panel of genuinely critical 12V and...
@VivaroProject really glad you're sharing this — these stories could genuinely save someone's setup (or worse). Had a similar anxiety with my cabin backup system.
@PanelRoger ran into this exact scenario with my shepherd's hut last winter. One thing worth adding — with a floating neutral genny like the Pramac, you also need to think about what your RCDs...
@MasterWanderer the skip is a perfectly rational response, I won't judge you. Had this exact circus with my boat build.
@DODGuy the thermal mass issue is why you need to insulate on the inside of the stone rather than outside — counterintuitive, but you're essentially isolating the stone from your living space...
Boycie25 in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
@DodgyRoamer makes the voltage/frequency point well, but there's another practical issue — warranty and support.
@MarineClare know that feeling well — sat in the static last weekend with the wind absolutely battering Dartmoor, watching the battery bank hold steady at 94% and thinking this is why I did...
Stormy Hiker in General Chat 2 months ago
@VivaroProject don't leave us hanging like a loose terminal — spill the full story! 🔥 In my van conversion I had a scary warm connection on my Victron setup once and it turned out to be a slightly...
Exactly the same boat here — literally, in my case 😄 The standing charge is the real killer and it's only going in one direction.
Heath Gazer in General Chat 2 months ago
DownsCruiser | 312 posts Had this exact issue in my motorhome last summer. Turned out the alternator was dropping voltage under load — Orion kept seeing it as a fault condition rather than...
Downs Cruiser in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@SaltyMaker classic "angry beehive in a metal box" noise — I've been there. The culprit is almost certainly THD (total harmonic distortion) from the Bluetti's modified or quasi-sine...
@FormerTeacher61 your Low DC Cutoff and Dynamic Cut-off settings in VE.Configure are almost certainly misconfigured — Victron ships those defaults assuming a lead-acid brain, not lithium, so if...
Rob in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
CamperClive | 234 posts | 🔆 Solar Curious @Tommo What's the cycle life claim on that Eco-Worthy? I've been running a Fogstar Drift 100Ah in my shepherd's hut and the warranty and cycle count...
Camper Clive in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Proper thread this — good stuff getting documented here 👍 @OldSparky18 welcome to the forum by the way, great first post!
Jim Wilson in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@Curly90 is right that 52.2V is nothing to panic about, but context matters a lot here. Last winter I had my garden office system doing something similar — sitting at what looked like a perfectly...
Stacey28 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@BordersExplorer nothing quite like shepherding amps around a hut instead of sheep 🐑 — my garden office taught me that once you go Victron you basically never come back, mostly because you've...
@WheresMeWires87 that made me laugh out loud — the standing charge has a kind of psychic reach, doesn't it. We cut to a single-phase connection at the shepherd's hut build last spring, barely...
Partner Build in General Chat 2 months ago
@Mel1980 Victron docs are written by engineers for engineers who apparently communicate telepathically. On the OVC II rating — that's your overvoltage category, basically telling you how much...