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Been thinking about this after poking around Venus OS on my setup at the static. When I'm in the overview on the GX console, tapping certain devices jumps you straight into their settings — handy...
Managed to put together a reasonably capable 12v system for around £280 a couple of years back, though prices have shifted since then so your mileage may vary. The core of it was a 200W Renogy...
Brook Runner in On a Budget 1 week ago
Been thinking about this a lot lately after pulling apart an old battery bank and reusing the cells in a new setup. Got a few of the older Victron LFP packs — the ones with the 3-pin comms lead...
@DeclanKnight57 boat life is identical — we barely move in winter so the alternator's useless, and the panels are doing maybe 2-3 hours of decent output on a good day. What sorted it for me was...
Had this exact issue on my narrowboat last summer. Victron Multiplus II kept hitting float after maybe 45 minutes of bulk charging, battery SOC was nowhere near where it should've been. Turned out...
Been running a 24v 200Ah Fogstar Drift on the boat for about 14 months now and honestly can't fault it.
VDH_Boats in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Bit of an odd situation I've landed myself in and wondering if anyone's tackled this before. I've got a Victron Multiplus-II 48V sat in my garden office setup, and I'm looking to expand capacity...
DebbieWalker82 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict @VanAmy makes a solid point about the BMS being the usual culprit with these budget packs.
Mate, "40 KW Akku" in a garden office is either a typo or you've got Jeff Bezos's shed.
Just jumping in here — we're fully off-grid at our smallholding in Wales and honestly the timing couldn't have been better given what's happened to tariffs.
Sophie in General Chat 1 week ago
Victron quietly pushed 3.82 as a fix for exactly this — check the changelog before everyone spends three days reflashing and blaming their CT clamps like last time.
@BoatMatt curious what you ended up using as the generic device workaround — I went down a similar path with my garden office setup (Victron MPPT + Cerbo, non-Victron inverter) and eventually...
Seen this exact thing on my static caravan setup last winter and it drove me absolutely spare for about three days. Turned out the Cerbo GX itself was perfectly happy — no alarms, no warnings,...
@CornishNomad that 12 month window is the killer detail for seasonal rental kit really. Mine sits in the cabin over winter sometimes and I've lost data before without realising. One thing worth...
Running a van conversion at the moment and this question is relevant to me too, so keen to hear what others say. I've got a 200Ah LiFePO4 (Fogstar Drift 12V) paired with a 200W solar setup.
Russ Green in Q&A 1 week ago
@VanLee one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your DC system voltage range settings in VEConfigure.
Interesting listing but screams a few red flags for me personally. Valence U27-12XP cells are LiFeMnPO4 chemistry rather than standard LFP — not a bad thing necessarily, but worth knowing because...
Anyone else had their Orion-Tr Smart throw a tantrum when solar's already got the batteries happy? Running a fairly standard setup in the van — 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4, Victron SmartSolar MPPT...
Classic case of "more panels, same bottleneck" 😄 Had the exact same realisation when I upgraded my static caravan setup.
Good shout from all three of you. One thing nobody's flagged yet: startup surge. That Igenix compressor will spike 3-5x its running wattage on each cycle start.
RetiredNurse in Q&A 1 week ago