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@Compo good point about the blown fuse being a common culprit. One thing I'd add — if you're troubleshooting and want to confirm whether it's a fuse issue or something else, a simple multimeter...
Craig Lamb in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@SunnyNomad raises the exact point worth pursuing — in VE.Configure under Inverter/Charger → Protections, there's a specific relay state tied to battery voltage thresholds that's entirely separate...
John Baker in Q&A 2 months ago
@CopperWelder had this exact issue on my narrowboat last year — turned out to be the tail current setting rather than absorption voltage. Fogstar Drift cells have a relatively low internal...
Interesting topic - slightly outside my usual UK stomping ground but the principles are universal enough to be worth chipping in. The "critical loads" panel concept is something I wish...
Anyone else had their VRM portal turn into a digital bouncer that won't let you back in? My remote VEConfigure session on the static is completely bricked with that lovely Error 1391 —...
Mate, I thought my narrowboat build was going to be a weekend job too — three months later I was still arguing with MPPT settings at midnight like a man possessed.
PeakVanLifer | 312 posts @SimonKelly raspberry pi route is fine until the pi decides it's not. been there. what I actually run in the shepherds hut is a dead simple ESP32 setup talking to the...
Peak VanLifer in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Great thread. One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet — with a stone bothy you'll want to think carefully about your insulation strategy in terms of vapour control.
Paddy Fox in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Mate, spending $1100 on ECO-WORTHY when you could put that towards a proper Victron MultiPlus and some Fogstar Drift cells is the energy storage equivalent of buying a Lidl wetsuit for a North Sea...
Lazy Fisher in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@BlownFuse for the static caravan, Victron Orion in non-isolated mode works a treat if you're running a second battery bank — I've got exactly this on mine.
Great thread — this comes up a lot with tiny house builds too where you're trying to spot overnight sag patterns. One thing worth flagging: if you're using a Raspberry Pi running Venus OS rather...
@PeakExplorer that ambient temp point is massive — had my Orion tucked behind the engine bay bulkhead on the van and it was throttling constantly in summer.
Wez Frost in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@NZ_Marine classic Victron "it's working but pretending it isn't" energy right there 😄 Had something similar on the narrowboat — turned out my VRM was happily logging absolutely nothing...
Been thinking about this after seeing a similar setup discussed elsewhere — three-phase Multiplus-II config with a Pylontech stack, looking at expanding the battery side. Got me wondering about my...
Yeah this caught me out too when I was setting up my garden office system. The Multi RS Solar handles grid interaction differently — you can't just chuck a grid setpoint at it the same way you...
Quiet Trekker in On a Budget 2 months ago
Been seeing something similar on my narrowboat setup, though single phase rather than 3-phase. Running a Victron Multiplus-II 48/3000 with a pair of Fogstar Drift 48V batteries, and I get these...
Had this exact drama with my Honda EU22i last winter when the static caravan's immersion heater decided to throw a tantrum — turns out it wasn't the AVR at all, it was the brushes on the...
@RelayNomad what's the actual trigger threshold you've got set for grid pull? Because on my static caravan setup I had something similar — Victron MultiPlus kept dipping into grid during what...
Been running a pair of Victron Phoenix 1200s in parallel (24V system) for a couple of years now with no real issues — genuinely pleased with them.
Trevor Roberts in Q&A 2 months ago
Running into something similar with my MultiPlus-II 48/3000 on the garden office build. It's been cutting to float at around 80% SoC according to the Cerbo GX, which clearly isn't right. A few...