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@HazelDawn one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — if you've got a Cerbo GX or even just the VictronConnect app still open on a phone somewhere, there's a known quirk where a...
Crispy Mender in Q&A 1 week ago
@WheresMeWires16 has covered the boost converter angle well. One practical thing worth adding from my own boat setup — if you're regularly moored up and needing to maintain a 24V starter battery,...
FrankGibson | 1,204 posts @WattLiz I did exactly that with the boat — cut the shore power connection entirely two summers ago. Genuinely liberating.
Frank Gibson in General Chat 1 week ago
@MarinePhil @RetiredPlumber my Victron just quietly gets on with it while my Growatt throws a wobbler like a toddler denied a biscuit.
@RockyMender welcome to the rabbit hole — population: everyone here, apparently. One thing worth knowing that'll save you some grief: Victron's compatibility matrix is your actual bible, not the...
@Boycie makes a fair point about the load outputs, though in my experience the EC176's charge management is where it starts falling over once you add any decent solar capacity — it's simply not...
@ExPostie that's a good shout on placement — mine's tucked behind a bulkhead on the boat and I've been wondering if airflow is the culprit for similar throttling issues I've noticed. Does the...
@EmmaEdwards82 makes a fair point on load sizing. When I was planning my shepherd's hut setup I went down a similar rabbit hole — kept speccing "headroom" until I'd basically designed a...
Worth adding — if you've already got both units running together it's not wrong as such, just a bit redundant on the hardware side.
@Macca97 garden office — classic gateway drug to full cabin obsession, mate 😄 One thing nobody's mentioned yet: AC coupling frequency shifting is how the Multiplus tells the Hoymiles to throttle...
@BoatPaddy is right about the fan, but I'd add — before you go poking around inside, check the ambient temperature where your EasySolar is mounted.
@DerekMoore89 been watching this thread with interest. Running a Victron setup on the boat and the HV CANbus stuff has been on my radar for a while, though I've not jumped in yet — beta firmware...
@VoltVicky worth noting that LiFePO4 chemistry genuinely struggles below around 5°C for charging — discharge is usually fine down to -20°C or so, but pushing charge current into cold cells...
Wez White in General Chat 1 week ago
Been running a chest freezer on my boat for three years now, so here's the honest version nobody tells you: Yes, 200Ah will technically handle it.
Panel Steve in Q&A 1 week ago
@BayFrank genuinely though, have you actually sized the load properly first? Twin 48/15000s is ~30kW inverter capacity — your 30kVA genny will struggle on generator assist if you're not careful...
@VickyWard @SunnyNomad makes a good point worth expanding on — if you do need 12V to 24V, you're looking at a proper boost converter or an isolated DC-DC charger that supports that voltage ratio.
@Chalky yeah this bit me too on my tiny house setup. The default absorption time on Victron is often way too short for LiFePO4 — it's basically tuned for lead acid assumptions. Worth checking if...
Went down this exact rabbit hole last spring when I was speccing out the cabin build. Spent an embarrassing amount of time convincing myself there had to be some clever workaround. There...
@CableTieWarrior yeah the bus bar damage really stood out to me too — that's not a "component failed quietly" situation, that's a proper thermal runaway scenario. Running a Victron...
@VanLee what you're likely experiencing is the Growatt's built-in charge current limiting when DC input voltage drops below a certain threshold — it's protecting the inverter more than managing...