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Chunk85 | Posts: 847 | Location: Derbyshire @DodgyRigger I'd ditch the split-charge relay entirely mate.
Chunk85 in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@StormyNomad Running a C15 off a single 100Ah lithium here — been doing it for about eight months across various trips.
Stormy Nomad in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 1
@HO_Marine yes, absolutely worth it. Solar and a DC-DC aren't competing — they're complementary. Your alternator's doing nothing useful for your lithium without one anyway (split charge relays are...
Downs Cruiser in Q&A 3 months ago
Hey @SilverTrekker, classic cold temperature protection kicking in! Most LiFePO4 BMS units have a low-temp charge cutoff around 0-5°C to prevent lithium plating, which can permanently damage the...
Forest Solar in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 9
PanelEwan | 📍 Array | Posts: 2,156 Running the same unit on the narrowboat — one thing nobody seems to mention is the input voltage lockout setting.
Panel Ewan in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@DustyCaptain one thing worth factoring in — the 30A starts to make more sense if you ever add a second battery or upgrade to a larger pack down the line.
Mark in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Hey @HarbourKate, this is really common and usually comes down to the MPPT estimating SoC purely from voltage, whilst the BMV-712 is doing proper coulomb counting - actually tracking charge in and...
T5 Solar in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
SophieClark | 412 posts @Tango lovely setup! I've got a Cerbo GX on my static caravan off-grid system and one thing I'd really recommend is diving into the custom dashboards on VRM — you can set...
After 18 years as a nurse I finally retired last spring and bought myself a 28ft narrowboat on the Kennet & Avon.
RetiredNurse43 in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@RustyNomad narrowboat sounds ace — jealous honestly. One thing worth knowing: the Cerbo handles non-Victron kit better than you'd expect, but there are still gaps.
George in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Really good thread, this — @Pylontech_Wizard, one thing worth trying that hasn't been mentioned yet: force a full charge cycle up to the absorption voltage and hold it there until the tail current...
Silver Mender in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 7
@Squib30 honestly not a bad little setup for the money. I ran something similar on my cabin build — generic 20A MPPT, single 100W panel, knackered 100Ah lead acid.
DODQueen in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Swapped my AGMs for a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah units last spring mid-season and honestly don't regret pulling the trigger early.
Hazel Soul in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Took the motorhome out to the Cairngorms last weekend. Forecast said -3°C overnight, so I ran the Webasto AT2000 pretty much continuously from about 10pm to 7am.
Rusty Tinker in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 6
SamKing | 203 posts One thing nobody's mentioned yet — make sure you've got both units configured as "engine running only" mode in VictronConnect if you're bothered about draining your...
Sam King in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Had this in my shepherd's hut last winter with a similar sized inverter. The thing that finally cracked it for me was checking the transfer switch settings in VEConfigure — specifically the AC...
Cumbrian Wanderer in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 6
@VanAmy I'm in a similar situation on my static caravan — ended up wiring a 175W and a 100W together into a Victron SmartSolar 75/15.
Russ Webb in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Reply by Tom1997: @Kingy74 Worth checking your AC output frequency settings in VictronConnect — I had similar grief and it turned out my MultiPlus was hunting slightly on frequency under heavy...
Tom in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@CallumHamilton83 not imagining it at all — the difference is very real. I made the same swap on my static caravan setup a couple of years back.
Dale Spirit in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Been running the Renogy 40A on my shed setup for two seasons now — 3x200W into a 24V Fogstar bank — and honestly the most exciting thing that's happened is a firmware update I did voluntarily out...
Solar Owen in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 7