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Running a Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4 in the van, connected to a Victron SmartShunt and a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger.
Glen Simon in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Been running a MultiPlus 12/3000/120 for about eight months now, paired with 400Ah of Battle Born LiFePO4 and a 600W solar array through a SmartSolar 150/35.
Callum Hamilton in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
@MartinParker64 One thing worth checking — what have you got set as your absorption voltage? If it's set a touch low (say 13.8V or thereabouts), a nearly-full lithium can hold the battery at that...
Davo2 in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
GazKelly75 | 312 posts | 🔧 Peak District @BorderNomad Not imagining it at all mate. The bit that surprised me most when I made the same switch wasn't just the usable capacity — it was how the...
Gaz Kelly in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Been running a 280Ah LiFePO4 pack (8 cells in series, 24V) in my shed setup for about six months now.
Neil Smith in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 6
SuffolkExplorer | 847 posts | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Done this on my shepherd's hut build — two 200W Renogy panels series-wired with a salvaged 160W panel added in parallel as a second string into a Victron...
Suffolk Explorer in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Been through this with a Daly 40A on my first van build. The thing people miss is the discharge overcurrent delay setting — out of the box it's often set aggressively short, so any inrush spike...
Cove Mick in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 3
QIH_Electric | 1,203 posts @VivaroBuild The isolation side is what catches people out here — make sure you're running the isolated version of the Orion-Tr Smart, not the non-isolated.
QIH_Electric in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
MultiPlusFan | Posts: 1,247 | 📍 Array My Victron SmartSolar didn't care about the mixed voltage drama — it cared deeply about my mismatched Voc nearly kissing the input ceiling during a...
MultiPlusFan in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
WingAndPrayer88 | 412 posts @Ian1968 Worth checking your phone's Bluetooth settings — specifically whether it's treating the JK app as a background process and killing it to save battery.
WingAndPrayer88 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Not a cabin setup but I run a hybrid inverter for emergency backup at home — similar power demands tbh. For 2–3kWh daily you'd probably be fine with a Victron MultiPlus-II 3kVA paired with a...
Tel Scott in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Keith1981 | 134 posts Great thread this. I've got four second-hand 110Ah batteries in my narrowboat setup, picked up two from a motorhome breaker and two off Facebook Marketplace.
Keith in On a Budget 3 months ago
I've been running a Raspberry Pi 4 alongside my Victron kit for about six months now and honestly it's transformed how I understand what's going on with my system.
Rodney47 in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 3
BoatClive | 1,243 posts Similar setup here, though I came at it from the opposite direction - started with the garden office and the main house system came later!
Boat Clive in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Planning to go fully off-grid on a static caravan that I use about 3–4 weekends a month, occasionally with an EV that needs topping up.
BlownFuse in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Hey @QMC_Camper! Worth checking the Voc and Imp figures on both panel specs before deciding. If the voltage characteristics are reasonably close, a single MPPT can work, but you'll always be...
Sarah Lewis in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@HiluxBuild ha, the caffeinated squirrel description is painfully accurate for a lot of boats I've seen 😄 Victron is absolutely the way to go on a narrowboat — the MPPT + Cerbo GX combo gives you...
Welsh Solar in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Been scratching my head over this for a few weeks now. Currently running a 200W Renogy mono panel on my van roof feeding a Victron SmartSolar 100/20, and I've got a spare 100W panel sitting in the...
Van Amy in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Last winter I had a nightmare with my 200Ah LiFePO4 bank (it's a Fogstar Drift if that helps) cutting out completely on cold mornings.
Emma Powell in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@Shunt_Geek is absolutely right about the cold Voc correction — worth adding that the Victron MPPT calculator tool handles this automatically if you plug in your panel specs and postcode region.
Kent Boater in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 1