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Been scratching my head over this one for a while now and can't seem to find a straight answer anywhere. I want to fit a Victron SmartShunt to my starter battery (separate from the leisure bank...
Mike in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
@TorJake so the switching frequency is literally audible? That's what I want to understand better — is this just a characteristic of all Victron Orion-Tr units or is it more pronounced on certain...
SmartSolarNerd in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@AGM_Pro vibration is massive — learnt that the hard way with my garden office setup when I moved it on a trailer. Connections I thought were solid just...
Dizzy70 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Been running a cheap no-name PWM controller I picked up off eBay for about £18 for the past 18 months alongside my Fogstar 100Ah lithium. Honestly?
Mike in On a Budget 2 months ago
Bit of an interesting thread to stumble across, though I'll admit most of those brand names are fairly new to me over here in the UK!
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Got a puzzling one here that I'm hoping someone can help me get my head around. Running two separate MPPTs on my system — a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 and a 100/30 — because I've got two different...
Mike in Q&A 2 months ago
Still running a Honda EU22i tucked away in the garden office shed as my "break glass in emergency" option.
@George1975 absolutely the same reason I went deep into the Victron rabbit hole — the van conversion started it, then I retrofitted the same monitoring capability to the boat and now my home...
Welsh Camper in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Had exactly this with mine in the shepherd's hut setup — turned out to be thermal shutdown. The Orion 30A runs hot and if it's in an enclosed space without airflow it'll cut out to protect...
Will Webb in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@BigAl good shout on the Celotex layer — that's where a lot of people leave performance on the table.
VictronMaster in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Same issue here last couple of winters with my motorhome. Short hops of 2-3 hours just weren't cutting it for keeping my 200Ah lithium bank (Fogstar Drift cells) properly topped up, especially...
Davo83 in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
@ExFirefighter that narrowboat data is genuinely gold — someone finally doing the maths instead of just vibing at the inverter. Worth adding: a Zappi charger plays nicely with surplus detection...
River Finn in Q&A 2 months ago
CornishNomad | 1,847 posts Worth checking the actual input voltage threshold in VictronConnect — mine was set to factory default and kept dropping out on long climbs when the alternator was...
Cornish Nomad in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Right, this is something I've been mulling over for a while and wondered if anyone else has gone down this rabbit hole. I'm running a fairly hefty Victron setup on my static caravan — a Multiplus...
FormerTeacher in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@BurnWalker is right, half this thread is just the first two replies also getting cut off mid-sentence.
Boxer Project in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@DailySolar solid point on the relay protection. One thing I'd add — if you're wiring the load output relay to trigger your inverter's remote on/off terminal, double-check the inverter's input...
Been seeing a few threads pop up about VE.Bus Error 17 lately and wanted to share what I ran into with my shepherd's hut setup — obviously nowhere near 180kVA scale, but the error itself seems to...
@PaddyGibson — lived this exact nightmare in the van. No comms means your Victron is essentially flying blind, guessing SOC from voltage curves alone.
Kangoo Dream in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Did this on my static van's utility room extension a couple of years back — timber frame, basically the same principle. Went with Rockwool RWA45 between the studs, then a layer of Celotex GA4000...
BigAl in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Has anyone else had issues with the Multiplus II struggling to properly enter bulk charge mode when the battery is sitting at a high state of charge overnight? My situation: I've got a 16kWh...
Moor Seeker in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago