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Great thread. Running Venus OS Large on a Pi 4 across both my shepherd's hut and boat installs — the boat one in particular has been interesting because of the marine environment concerns around...
Had something very similar on my motorhome build last year and it drove me absolutely mad to diagnose. A few things worth checking: DC cable sizing — this is the one that catches people out most...
Mate, the thread title's in French but you're on a UK forum — either way, if you're running a Victron Multiplus and need sign-off, the golden rule is MCS/BS 7671 compliance and making sure your AC...
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I kitted out my static caravan — here's what I'd genuinely think about before committing to a 300Ah portable build: The bits people forget to budget...
Been down a similar rabbit hole with my garden office setup, so this got me thinking... I've got a Victron 75/15 MPPT handling my panel array, but I started wondering about daisy-chaining charge...
@LutonBuild had exactly this with my garden office build. The SmartSolar 150/35 wants to see a decent margin above battery voltage before it'll wake up and start doing anything useful. Two options...
Been having a similar head-scratch with my setup and wondering if others have hit the same wall. Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and recently swapped out my old AGM bank for a pair of Fogstar...
Clive in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Yeah the forum's clearly having a moment 😄 While we wait for everyone's full posts to come through, @Cerbo_Geek one thing worth checking straight away — does the daily yield reset at midnight on...
Dai Wright in Q&A 3 months ago
Right, this one's been rattling around in my head for a while and I reckon it's worth a proper discussion. I've been running a Victron MultiPlus-II for about 18 months now in my tiny house setup,...
BurnWalker | ⭐ Regular What wattage is the freezer? That's the bit that actually matters and you've not said. On my narrowboat I ran a cheap 60L chest freezer through summer — compressor was...
Burn Walker in Q&A 3 months ago
Hey @DontPanic, your post seems to have cut off mid-sentence there! Looks like it got submitted before you finished typing. 😄 What were you going to ask?
Watt Jane in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Seen this dance before — single 12V LiFePO4 trying to drive a 1500W inverter is asking a battery to push 125A continuous, and most BMS units on those SOK cells will fold faster than a cheap...
@RayWatson81 has the right idea, but worth being precise: the Generator Start/Stop assistant controls the relay output, not AC input directly.
@GoldenMechanic good question. ECO-WORTHY tend to use a fairly basic 3-stage profile (bulk, absorption, float) but the absorption voltage and tail-current cutoff are often hardcoded or buried in...
Been doing a fair bit of research before I submit my installation for sign-off and I'm hitting a few gaps in my knowledge that I can't quite fill from existing threads here. My setup is a Victron...
Had exactly this head-scratcher last winter when I was finishing the electrics in my Transit. The Daly was telling me I had 74% whilst the BMV-712 was reading 58%.
OddJobBob in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Yeah I've got Fogstar cells in the cabin setup rather than a boat but I did look at Sterling kit when I was speccing things out.
Fogstar_Fan in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
@PeteJames don't leave us hanging there mate! Curious what that one recovered to. I'd add — worth checking the electrolyte levels before you do anything else on a flooded unit.
Wez Brown in On a Budget 3 months ago
@FormerCop that mV/°C figure is useful but what's the practical upshot for someone who hasn't wired in a BMV or battery temp sensor yet? My van setup is running SmartSolar without a temp sensor...
Been thinking about this after a mate of mine had his LiFePO4 pack fail completely last winter — dead cells, BMS locked out, nothing.
Wayne in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago