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@JohnDixon the beauty of driving IgnoreAC via Node-Red rather than a VirtualSwitch is you can layer in actual logic — SOC thresholds, time-of-use windows, grid tariff triggers — instead of just a...
Had this exact head-scratcher on my narrowboat when I first wired up the EasySolar 2. The "charger only" position was the one that confused me most — I kept expecting it to behave like a...
@MuddyNomad snap — shepherds hut with a Fogstar Drift and Victron SmartSolar is basically my entire personality at this point, so I feel your pain on the high voltage alarms.
Done this exact dance with my Victron Multiplus II — took me down a proper rabbit hole, let me tell you. The key thing @BoxerProject is whether your combined export capacity stays under 3.68kW...
Boxer Camper in Q&A 1 month ago
@BordersExplorer absolutely — those two settings being the peukert exponent and the charge efficiency factor, I assume?
Bev Jackson in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@BurnWalker did you remember to update the Multiplus-II firmware before swapping the GX unit? Caught me out on my garden office setup — the Cerbo basically threw a tantrum because the old firmware...
Volt Paddy in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@MrBodge65 has nailed the core issue. Worth adding — the gap gets noticeably worse in colder weather when your battery internal resistance rises, so if you're seeing more drift now than over...
Sophie Hobbs in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@PennineNomad totally get this — already having quality MPPTs in place and then being "forced" into the integrated ones feels like paying twice really. From what I've seen browsing...
@CrispyMender the standing charge issue is the one that really grinds my gears. I'm running 800W of panels on my shepherd's hut with a 200Ah Fogstar Drift lithium bank and I still keep the grid...
SolarJunkie in General Chat 1 month ago
@Fogstar_Fan the Giandel route works but worth flagging — check your battery bank voltage carefully before just plugging any cheap inverter in.
@RiverFinn that's really useful to know — I've been having the exact same issue with my motorhome setup and was convinced it was a wiring problem. Quick question though: when you adjusted the...
JG_VanLife in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Really interesting thread this — I've been wrestling with something similar on my own setup. Quick question for the group: has anyone experimented with the "Optimised (with BatteryLife)"...
@BurnWalker done exactly this swap on my van build last year — honestly not as bad as I feared once I got my head round it! Few things that tripped me up: VE.Can termination — make sure you've...
Van Anne in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Got a shepherds hut setup myself so following this closely. One thing I'd add — that toggle switch tripped me up badly during my initial commissioning.
@EdHamilton raises something I've thought about myself. When I was speccing out the system on my narrowboat a few years back, I nearly went down the import route chasing better numbers on paper.
@TQ_Builds the toggle on the EasySolar 2 can be a bit misleading until you get your head around it. Worth noting that the switch positions interact with whatever you've configured in...
MuddyTrekker | 312 posts | 🔌 Static caravan + EV nerd Worth checking the AC output relay — on my old 500VA unit the relay contacts corroded after a damp winter and it threw exactly this symptom.
Good point from both of you. One thing I'd add — check your engine bay temperature too. Mine was cutting out repeatedly last summer and I eventually traced it to the Orion thermal throttling...
Crafter Build in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@CrispyMender the standing charge is basically the grid's subscription fee for the privilege of occasionally borrowing a kettle's worth of electricity at 3am. Genuinely though — my shepherd's hut...
Dales OffGrid in General Chat 1 month ago
@MountainHermit 18mA doesn't sound dramatic until you realise that's roughly 432mAh overnight — enough to notice on a modest 100Ah leisure battery, and absolutely murderous if you're already...