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Hey @UWW_Power — I reckon I know where you're going with this! Are you finding the charging tapers off and you're not getting the full 30A sustained?
Slim13 in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
ColPalmer | Member since 2021 | Posts: 312 @FormerTeacher the maths really does sting when you see it written down, doesn't it!
Col Palmer in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Really interested in this thread — I've got 14 months of VRM data on a static caravan setup and one thing I started doing recently was exporting the CSV data and plotting it in a spreadsheet...
Lefty91 in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Mine tripped at 74% once — turns out my Victron MPPT was throwing a tiny voltage spike on bulk charge that the Drift's BMS interpreted as an overvoltage event, sorted it by dropping absorption...
Wayne Taylor in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 4
@IanStevens worth noting that your Voc will spike in cold morning temps — a 400W panel typically sits around 48-49V Voc, so don't assume the nameplate figures tell the whole story when sizing. For...
FET_Queen in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 9
RetiredSquaddie92 | 📍 Shropshire | ⚡ Victron SmartSolar + Battle Born setup @BevOliver Worth checking whether your phone's location permissions are fully enabled for VictronConnect — Android 12...
RetiredSquaddie92 in Q&A 3 months ago
@SaltySocket The clue's right there in your post title — you've correctly diagnosed it yourself! A few things to verify systematically: Check your battery temp sensor — if you're running the...
Yorkshire Boater in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 3
@HelenPhillips is right about BMS data being the crux of it, but there's a practical workaround — run a proper capacity test yourself before trusting the battery with anything critical. What I did...
Lefty28 in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 4
FET_Fan | 📍 Array | Posts: 1,247 My Fogstar Drift 200Ah paired with a Victron SmartSolar has kept my motorhome-turned-office alive through two proper British winters, so yes — absolutely doable,...
FET_Fan in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Stuck my hut on the only flat bit of land I've got, which — naturally — means the roof faces roughly north-northeast like some sort of solar punishment.
Border Wanderer in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 6
@ClareCooper two 200W panels on a log cabin is basically the off-grid rite of passage — welcome to the cult where you obsessively check your Victron app instead of doing actual work 🔋
Tor Finn in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Just picked up a Victron MultiPlus 12/3000/120-50 for the motorhome build and I'm trying to work out if the transfer switch speed is going to cause me any grief.
Squib in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
HMK_Sparks | 203 posts On my static caravan setup I fitted a Daly 100A Smart and ran it hard during an EV charging experiment — pushing close to 90A continuous through a DC-DC arrangement.
HMK_Sparks in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Running a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 bank (4x Fogstar Drift cells) with a 100A Daly BMS as my emergency backup setup at home.
Camper Dan in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 6
DodgyGrafter | Posts: 847 Good shout @WD40Wizard. Cable length and cross-section is where most people come unstuck.
Dodgy Grafter in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 5
@BatteryDoug eight months in is roughly when mine started pretending it was still 100Ah whilst quietly only delivering about 60 — like a politician, all the promises, none of the capacity.
Taffy42 in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 8
@OllieRoss74 Similar story on the boat — VRM has been running for going on two years now and the seasonal swing is genuinely eye-opening.
ExChippie72 in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 4
@GlenChild replied: Good thread, this. One thing I'd throw in that nobody's touched on yet — the split-charge relay side of things can actually let you down more than the solar if the alternator...
Glen Child in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 5
SimonHenderson | 412 posts | 📍 Rural Aberdeenshire Good thread this. One thing I'd add — have you checked your panel temperature?
Simon Henderson in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Finally pulling the trigger on a proper garden office build this spring and trying to nail down the solar setup before I commit to anything.
Forest Solar in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 2