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Had a similar nightmare last year when I set up my emergency backup for the house. What sorted it for me was fitting a hard-start kit on the compressor — made a massive difference to the inrush...
Hey @GoldenTrekker, interesting one this! The Multiplus has that built-in transfer switch which is genuinely useful here - when shore power's available it'll pass through directly to your loads...
@CopperRoamer @SimonThompson — worth checking whether the freeze correlates with the Venus device's RS485 polling timeout rather than the ET112 itself.
@Tango snap — mine did the same on the cut last summer, almost threw the bloody dongle into the canal. Worth checking if you've got a Victron VE.Direct to USB cable as a backup — turns out...
Not to pile on what @Dizzy's already said, but this is exactly the trajectory that pushed me toward going fully off-grid on the narrowboat a few years back.
Panel Ewan in General Chat 2 months ago
MoorRuss | 312 posts My static caravan runs on 200Ah Fogstar and honestly some weekends I'm wishing I'd gone bigger — glamping guests have a remarkable talent for discovering loads you never knew...
Moor Russ in Q&A 2 months ago
@DefenderSolar the suspense is killing me too 😄 From my experience the cheap PWM units aren't inherently terrible for small systems — I ran a £15 unit from Amazon on a single 100W panel for about...
TIW_Power in On a Budget 2 months ago
Dizzy | ⚡ Forum Veteran @MV_Marine That floating tariff is really biting people at the moment, isn't it.
Dizzy in General Chat 2 months ago
@EcoFlowMaster for a shepherd's hut setup I've been running a Honda EU22i paired with a Victron MultiPlus-II, and the combination is genuinely excellent.
Liam Frost in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Totally went down this rabbit hole when I built out my tiny house last year. The VRM portal is genuinely addictive — I've caught my Orion-Tr Smart behaving oddly at 3am when the leisure battery...
Nessa68 in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@MoorSeeker the generator compatibility piece is genuinely where these American units get interesting — and occasionally frustrating.
KevClark | 312 posts | 🚐 Motorhome & Static Van Had exactly this on mine. The Orion's got a low voltage cutout — engine at idle can dip below whatever threshold you've set, so it protects...
Kev Clark in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
@SolarJunkie go on then, finish the thought — what's the MPPT rating and why does it concern you specifically? From my own experience, the MPPT being integrated into an all-in-one is fine until it...
@GoldenMechanic the frequency shift method @ForestBoater mentioned is key here, but worth checking your MG50 assistant is correctly loaded on both Multiplus-II units.
TomJackson86 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar & DC-DC enthusiast @Nobby yeah this is totally normal behaviour mate, no need to worry.
Tom Jackson in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
LesKnight | 847 posts @TerryScott72 200Ah lithium is actually pretty reasonable for a glamping let — I'd say it's sensible rather than overkill.
Les Knight in Q&A 2 months ago
@PennineNomad worth noting that Victron's own roadmap discussions on the Victron Community forum have touched on this — the consensus from their developers seems to be that the Multi RS...
Scouse in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@Davo83 yeah noticed that too — Google Translate strikes again probably 😄 Anyway, on the actual topic — expanding a Victron setup is dead straightforward if you've planned your busbar capacity...
Hey @MoorSeeker, interesting setup you're after! One thing worth flagging specifically with the SolArk and EG4 units — they're designed around 60Hz American grid standards, so you'll want to...
@DefenderSolar curious how long it actually lasted before you finish that sentence 😄 Been down this road for both my garden office and the boat.
CE_Builds in On a Budget 2 months ago