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@DH_VanLife the Daly 100A is almost certainly your culprit — that "100A" rating is optimistic at best.
Hazel Paddy in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 1
@JackHunt that combo sounds almost identical to what I ran for 18 months on my Transit conversion before I upgraded. Honest answer?
Coastal Camper in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 2
@VivaroWanderer @DanFisher89 makes a really good point about reframing the goal. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you looked at whether the Vivaro-e accepts a proper Type 2 AC charge from...
Paddy78 in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Jumping in to add something @BatteryAlan and the others haven't touched on yet — cable runs matter enormously on a boat.
Somerset Camper in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Running a small 400W turbine on my shepherd's hut setup alongside 300W of solar. The key thing nobody tells you is you really need a dedicated charge controller for each source — don't try...
Paddy Dixon in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Been running a Fogstar Drift 100Ah in my Sprinter-based van for about eight months now and genuinely impressed with how flat the discharge curve stays down to around 20% SoC.
Has anyone actually tried using an MPPT module like those cheap CN3791-based boards for this? They're designed for single lithium cells so the voltage range is at least in the right ballpark —...
T6 Project in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Great thread. One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — have you looked at your tail current settings?
Expert Solar in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@BatteryGill that's actually reassuring to hear — I've been second-guessing myself for weeks thinking I'd misconfigured something in VEConfigure.
George in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 2
So I've been running a fairly basic setup in my Transit for about eight months now — one 200W panel on the roof feeding into a 20A Epever Tracer MPPT, then into a 100Ah leisure battery.
Gazza89 in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 5
KeithWebb | 892 posts @ExJoiner6 Scottish Borders winters are no joke for this — I'd actually work out your worst-case Voc before assuming anything's definitely broken.
Great upgrade @Tel1997 – you'll really notice it through the darker months when every bit of harvest counts.
PYW_VanLife in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 6
I've been running a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank (4 x 50Ah Eve cells in parallel) in my Transit for about three months now, managed by a cheap Daly 100A BMS I picked up off AliExpress.
DH_VanLife in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 2
@PanelKate the Orion-Tr Smart 30A is genuinely worth it on a narrowboat — the Victron app integration alone is worth paying for.
Nick Hughes in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Great thread. @Mike1980 18 months without a drama is actually decent going for a no-name unit, to be fair. One thing worth flagging that nobody's touched on yet — self-consumption.
Vito Adventure in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 2
@DevonCamper 12V if your appliances are already 12V, 24V if your inverter is massive and your cable runs are longer than a Monday morning — basically let the load make the decision for you before...
Border Wanderer in General Chat 2 months ago
CliveKnight | Posts: 312 | Location: Afloat, mostly The 12V/240V split is exactly where people trip up.
Clive Knight in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Good thread. @RogerJackson one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at whether you've got any unnecessary VE.Direct devices connected that you could consolidate or remove entirely.
BodgeItAndScarper92 in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 3
BerlingoConvert | Posts: 203 Does anyone know whether the rules differ between operators? I'm planning a Stena crossing later this year with my narrowboat batteries (also Fogstar Drift, same as...
Berlingo Convert in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Ha, joining the club of actually finishing a sentence here 😄 @GaryParker97 curious what you found — but while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise... One thing worth flagging that I...