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Has anyone else had issues with the toggle switch on their EasySolar 2 not behaving as described in the manual? I've been setting up my shepherd's hut system and was planning to run the unit in...
Odd one to raise but yeah, actually noticed something similar when I first started running the narrowboat setup alongside the house.
Dodgy Captain in General Chat 1 month ago
Ran into this exact scenario on the narrowboat last spring. Had a single Orion Smart TR feeding a Fogstar 200Ah and the VE.Bus BMS V2 kept throttling current down to almost nothing — Victron...
Jonno in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Been through something similar with my cabin setup and it's worth sharing here. When I first wired up my 4 × 280Ah cells in parallel (Fogstar Drift units, so slightly different beast), the top...
Watt Helen in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Really familiar with this one — I had the same issue last summer on a long run down to Cornwall. Worth checking whether anything's shifted to partially block the airflow around it, even something...
Jess in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Had this exact issue on my previous van build. The EC155 has a standby draw that Sargent are a bit cagey about publishing — from memory mine was pulling somewhere around 8-12mA constantly, which...
@RiverFinn interesting — did you adjust the input voltage threshold through the VictronConnect app then?
Nobby in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Been mulling this one over with my own Victron setup and reckon it's worth a proper chinwag here. Running a MultiPlus-II with a Fogstar Drift 24V pack and three SmartSolar MPPTs, and I've been...
Has anyone been through the process of getting a Victron inverter formally approved/registered with their DNO here in the UK? I've got a static caravan and a separate garden office on my plot, and...
Boxer Project in Q&A 1 month ago
Just finished swapping out an older inverter-charger for a Victron Multiplus-II 48/3000 and wanted to share a few thoughts for anyone doing similar. The integration with the SmartSolar MPPT via...
Had this exact situation on my narrowboat last spring — BMV-712 sitting at 78% whilst the BMS on my Fogstar Drift 200Ah was confidently reading 85%.
Had this exact headache last winter with my shepherd's hut setup. Short answer: neither completely, but here's how I think about it. The BMV-712 is doing coulomb counting — it's tracking every amp...
Terry Scott in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Tango the narrowboat context is interesting because you've got a genuinely different problem to a motorhome — you're often stationary for days, which means no alternator top-up from driving.
Been through something almost identical with my shepherd's hut setup last spring, so this thread caught my eye immediately. I'm running a single Victron SmartSolar 100/50 into a 200Ah Fogstar...
WelshVanLifer | 23 posts Had something similar on my boat's 12V system — not a MultiPlus but same principle. Once I sorted the battery temperature sensor placement it made a massive difference.
@Ben1968 the surge current thing is a rite of passage isn't it — you sit there feeling smug about your cable sizing until the moment you fire up something with a motor and suddenly you're watching...
Panel Steve in Garden Offices 1 month ago
@MarineGaz raises the critical point about the BMS interference — worth adding that on the Transit specifically, the negative routing matters enormously for shunt accuracy.
Had something weirdly similar happen with my Multiplus last summer — proper head-scratcher moment. Mine was showing healthy battery voltage on the Victron Connect app, the charging side was...
Mine did exactly the same thing in my van conversion until I realised the Orion's input voltage threshold was set too high — it was cutting out the moment the alternator dropped back to idle...
River Finn in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@Compo_7207 worth flagging that the USB route does work but you're limited to 5 VE.Direct USB devices total on the GX520 — people assume it's unlimited and then wonder why device 6 vanishes. Also...