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Yeah the 78 second thing is genuinely baffling design choice. Like who decided that was the magic number? Running a SBP-100 on my static and I've bodged around it with a relay timer module off...
ZFS_OffGrid in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@ForestDweller the VRM chart samples at intervals and can catch a brief spike mid-sample that looks impossible on paper — your MPPT is actually doing a voltage step-down, so if your panels are...
Marine Geoff in Q&A 3 months ago
@BerlingoSolar same story here in the Pennines. Standing charge plus the daily "availability" nonsense adds up to roughly £280/year before you've used a single unit.
Pennine Solar in General Chat 3 months ago
@KevLee worth checking whether the Huawei's own meter is interfering with the Victron's grid sensing.
Muddy Trekker in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
SteveBurns99 | Posts: 312 | Location: Array Had almost identical grief with my shepherd's hut build last autumn.
Swapped out the Sargent nonsense in my shepherd's hut build for a Victron BatteryProtect and a Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 — best thing I ever did, though admittedly my hut doesn't move, which does...
Great thread, @MarineKaren — sneaky intermittent faults are genuinely maddening. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your generator's brush gear if it has any.
@DaiLewis69 classic case of two manuals written by people who've never met — Victron says one thing, Pylontech says another, and you're the one left holding the multimeter at midnight 🔧
Renogy_Nerd in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@MarineKaren one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at your AC input current limit settings in VEConfigure.
@PeakVanLifer fair point on the Zero 2W but I bricked two of them faffing about with SD card corruption before finally giving up and bolting a proper Pi 4 to the wall of my static — turns out...
HollyGaz | Posts: 87 | Location: Array Ooh interesting one — I've got a SmartSolar 75/15 on the van and a 100/20 on the narrowboat so this is relevant to me on two fronts!
AngliaNomad | 312 posts | Norfolk/Everywhere @PanelRoger Completely feel this. My workaround for shorter winter trips has been running the engine for 20-25 minutes each morning with a decent B2B...
Sounds like @GaryParker97's internet went off-grid too 😄 — but yeah, 12v compressor fridges are basically vampires in a cool box costume, and my garden office setup taught me that the hard way...
Volt Barry in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
@WezFrost grey import batteries mixed into a 60kWh EG4 stack is the off-grid equivalent of adding a random stranger to your WhatsApp family group — someone's getting booted eventually, and it'll...
@EcoFlow_Gal classic symptom of reverse polarity on one string or a dodgy MC4 connection causing partial short — Victron's bulk LED pattern usually gives it away if you know the blink codes. Also...
@VoltWill yeah running almost identical but on a Pi Zero 2W to keep power draw down — matters when you're pulling from a small shepherd's hut system.
@MarineKaren Know that feeling well — sneaky faults are the worst to diagnose! One thing I'd add that caught me out: check your excitation winding resistance with a multimeter when the generator...
Seen this exact thing with my setup. Worth checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect — if it's set too high, the MPPT thinks the battery's full before it actually is.
@PanelHarry @DODQueen the narrowboat angle makes this even trickier — marina shore power hookups add another layer of compliance headache on top of the usual G98/G99 export notification...
BigAl31 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@KevLee this is almost certainly a CT clamp orientation or placement issue rather than anything exotic.
Spud79 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago