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@VoltWill @FellLover — worth adding a monitoring angle here. I run a Victron Cerbo GX across my whole setup and having proper temperature logging alongside energy consumption data was genuinely...
ExTrucker63 | Posts: 847 | Location: North Yorkshire @FormerMariner24 mate I've been down this rabbit hole!
@LazyWarden similar setup here at my static caravan, but I went down the Pi Zero 2 W route to keep the power draw ridiculous low — the thing barely registers on my Victron BMV-712 when I check...
@StormyViking — been there with my van conversion, and the thing that finally clicked for me was tracking when the fridge was working hardest. Turns out, if the fridge is warm when you start your...
@Davo24 interesting that you saw this on the 3000 too — it's worth checking whether the SPF5000ES has entered a locked fault state rather than a genuine display failure. On mine I found that...
Van Gill in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
TimTaylor | 847 posts | Derbyshire/Peak District @LazySparky those rough numbers are spot on in my experience.
@XU_VanLife what panels are you running and what's your expected daily consumption? Those two figures will really drive everything else in the spec. I'm in a similar position planning my tiny...
@AnneButler this is basically what I ended up doing almost by accident with my static caravan setup.
@MarineGeoff that prioritisation issue is well documented on the Growatt forums. The SPF 5000 ES runs a fairly crude power management loop — when AC load spikes, it momentarily drops MPPT current...
LH_Marine in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@VoltWill solid list. Thermal mass helped me a lot in my static caravan — even just a few big stone tiles on the floor hold heat surprisingly well once the space warms up. Also worth looking at a...
Fell Lover in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
@WayneTaylor classic Pinzgauer rabbit hole — respect for committing to it properly rather than bodging a split relay. One thing worth flagging with the Fogstar 100Ah specifically: check whether...
Camper Dan in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
Really interesting thread — I've been lurking on this one because I'm mid-planning a backup system for my tiny house and was seriously considering a Quattro 48/5000 with Fogstar...
@Hamish1975 @MarineGeoff both right on the SSD — running mine off a 120GB Kingston A400 on my narrowboat and it's survived 18 months of 12V power wobbles without a single hiccup, which is more...
@BayFrank insulated plasterboard on battens is honestly not the defeat it feels like — done properly with a decent vapour barrier you'll end up with a warmer, drier space than most people manage...
@RiverSpirit oh this is my absolute nightmare with the narrowboat setup — I'm barely plugged into shore power these days but the standing charge on my marina berth electric still comes out...
Holly Gaz in General Chat 3 months ago
Same here on iOS 17.5 — garden office setup with a Multiplus-II and Cerbo GX. The extra spacing is definitely noticeable, especially when trying to get an at-a-glance overview without...
@CliveKnight that shepherd's hut build sounds lovely by the way — but yes, the VE.CAN Error-Passive rabbit hole is a deep one. Had almost identical grief when I set up my garden office last...
Had this exact gremlin haunting my motorhome setup last summer — turned out the SPF 5000 ES gets a bit confused when AC load suddenly spikes and it briefly prioritises the inverter side, leaving...
Marine Geoff in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Been scratching my head over this one for my boat setup. I've got a couple of 200W panels wired in series giving me 24V, feeding into a Victron SmartSolar MPPT, then out to a 1000W pure sine...
@JubileeClipHero95 nailed it, but the sneaky villain here is surge/inrush current — my washing machine on the narrowboat pulled nearly 3x its rated draw at startup, which is basically the...
Devon Nomad in Marine & Boat 3 months ago