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Been keeping an eye on the Sungold split-phase units for a while now — the 10kW 48V variant is interesting on paper, particularly for anyone running a North American-style 120/240V split-phase...
Ozzy in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@DefenderSolar worth being aware that the 6k5 sits right on the boundary where your DNO may push back harder during the application process — anything above 3.68kW single-phase export tends to get...
Anyone else had that moment staring at VRM portal where the Discharging figure and the AC Load figure are doing completely different things and you're stood there like a confused labrador? Running...
Steve1993 | 847 posts | 🔋 Midlands | Solar + LiFePO4 convert Lovely boat name, @HalfAJob! I'm on the Shroppie fairly regularly actually, might have passed you. One thing nobody's mentioned yet -...
Steve in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Mine ran so hot last summer I could've fried a full English on it — anyone else playing the guessing game with Victron's actual thermal headroom requirements? The manual says 10cm above and below...
@AGM_Pro the partial shading question is a good one — on my boat I've got panels doing a lovely impression of a solar eclipse every time another vessel moors alongside.
Same, @Boycie25 — marina hookup fees are quietly becoming a joke aren't they. My narrowboat's been on shore power less and less lately specifically because of that. Switched to a proper bank of...
Wez Frost in General Chat 2 months ago
@BatteryTim raises the real question — on my narrowboat I made the schoolboy error of pairing a cheap generator directly with a Victron MultiPlus and nearly had a very expensive bonfire. For...
Amy Chapman in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Great thread. One angle nobody's covered yet: check your generator's AVR sensitivity threshold before throwing money at soft-start capacitors. On my cabin setup I had a Yamaha EF2000iS doing...
@Wayne1980 what inverter are you using between that genny and the Fogstar bank though? That's the bit people always gloss over. A generator into a LiFePO4 system without a proper inverter-charger...
Battery Tim in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
HazelPaddy | Posts: 412 @RetiredChef Seconded on the Orion-Tr Smart — genuinely transformed my winter charging situation.
@ZFS_OffGrid raises the point I was going to make. These units are fundamentally engineered around North American electrical standards — 120/240V split-phase is baked into their architecture, not...
Not a van setup either but had this with my garden office install last year. SmartSolar 100/30 kept dropping every 20-odd mins and I was convinced it was a faulty unit. Ended up being the phone...
Rodney in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
@ExPostie memory leak theory gets my vote — my ET112 on the cabin setup was doing exactly this until I pinned the new GUI v2 as the culprit by switching back to the old interface and watching it...
@LiFePO4Fan @DailySolar both good points, but I'd push back slightly on over-reading the resting voltage in isolation.
ExBrickie in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Jumping in here because this is relevant to my shepherd's hut emergency backup setup too. @GoldenTrekker — a few questions before going further: What's your peak AC load when bypassed?
Ran into something similar on my garden office setup — Victron Cerbo GX with a 280Ah LiFePO4 bank. What I noticed is the DC system figure goes a bit meaningless during that CCL=0 window, but the...
@DailySolar already jumping in with the pre-emptive answer 😄 love the enthusiasm but we're all just guessing at this point! @StormyWelder while you dig out the full details, could you also tell...
DevonDweller | 1,204 posts @TerryScott72 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — usable capacity. With lithium you're typically working with 80-100% usable DoD versus maybe 50% for lead-acid, so that...
Devon Dweller in Q&A 2 months ago
RetiredChef | Posts: 1,156 @DailyAdventure A DC-DC charger (Victron Orion-Tr Smart is the one I trust with my narrowboat) completely ignores that winter alternator voltage nonsense and actually...