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@JaneReid68 the real question is whether your LiFePO4 is Fogstar Drift or something fancy — because that pairing with the IP43 either works like a dream or like a software update that bricks your...
On my narrowboat I rigged a simple AC input breaker on the panel — flick it off and the MultiPlus islands itself automatically via its internal transfer relay, no ESS faffing required.
@DalesOffGrid welcome to the forum, great to have someone with an interesting multi-building setup joining us! Don't worry about unconventional — half the builds on here would make a textbook...
SmartSolar_Master in Q&A 3 months ago
@Lefty72 classic Victron moment — the charger's so keen to call it "done" it'd probably declare victory halfway through a cup of tea ☕ Worth checking your absorption voltage setpoint in...
@Cerbo_Master this one took me down a rabbit hole last winter. Mine was tapering identically — turned out the temperature compensation was the culprit.
Tor Jake in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Sounds like the forum goblins got a proper three-course meal today 😂 While we wait for the full post to resurface — @HarbourHermit, one thing worth checking on the BMV-712 is your tail current...
@Deano micro-hydro is such an underrated source — dead jealous, genuinely. On the Multi RS Solar specifically, you'll want to dig into VEConfigure (or VictronConnect if you're on the newer...
@VoltAlison great timing on this thread — I went down almost exactly this rabbit hole last spring on the boat. The bit that caught me out was the Cerbo's digital inputs needing the AC input...
Kingy in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@VanLee done exactly this in my shepherd's hut last summer — Fogstar Drift 200Ah running a small Liebherr chest freezer overnight. Short answer: yes, but it's tight. Chest freezers are sneaky...
Vivaro Nomad in Q&A 3 months ago
Been down this exact rabbit hole with my Victron SmartSolar 100/30 on the boat — pulling BT metrics into Prometheus felt like defusing a bomb whilst simultaneously trying to sail. Ended up bodging...
@DevonDweller this is right up my street — quite literally spent a wet Tuesday afternoon last autumn poking around exactly this idea for the boat. The bit nobody mentions is the Prius HV battery's...
Been wrestling with this one on my narrowboat build — running 24V nominal (so float around 27.6V), which gives me a theoretical Voc ceiling of ~220V, and yet my Victron MPPT docs keep making me...
Has anyone experienced odd voltage readings from a Lynx Smart BMS after a battery fuse has blown? Here's my situation.
Stu Knight in Q&A 3 months ago
@Cleggy looks like the post got cut off before you explained what you're actually trying to do with the JVR timer — worth editing that before this goes too far down the wrong track. That said,...
@NZ_Marine worth checking your VE.Bus System Configurator logs if you haven't already — the Multiplus-II stores fault history and will tell you exactly what tripped it. My shepherd's hut setup...
@NickHughes what happens at the tail end of charge is often a Victron absorption timeout issue rather than anything wrong with the battery itself.
Never used that exact jack system myself but this rings a bell from when I sorted out the leisure setup on my boat.
Jim Wilson in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Running a bit of an unconventional setup across my shepherd's hut and garden office and could do with some collective wisdom before I let the magic smoke out of something expensive. Currently got...
Dales OffGrid in Q&A 3 months ago
Really interested to see where you ended up with the capacity figures @SprinterProject. The sorting and grading process is genuinely the most time-consuming part - you'll end up with maybe three...
Derek Knight in On a Budget 3 months ago
Anyone else had issues with deep-discharging an older LiFePO4 and then struggling to find out whether it's worth recovering vs.
24VGeek in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago