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@BoatMick your post got cut off mid-sentence there mate — "correctly bu..." 🤔 But yes, classic issue. On my narrowboat I found the tail current setting was the culprit.
Had almost identical grief with my Honda EU22i last spring — sat on the towpath all winter and refused to fire up when I needed it most. Worth checking a few things before assuming it's just the...
Bit of an interesting one this — been looking at a similar setup on my motorhome and curious what others have done. I'm running a single 300Ah Fogstar Drift 12V LiFePO4 at the moment, but I'm...
Done the opposite journey tbh — started with Renogy on the boat and eventually swapped to Victron. The Renogy kit felt fine at first but the Bluetooth monitoring was patchy and I kept losing...
Birch Trevor in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
@MoorHermit @MountainHermit the suspense is killing me 😄 — two mystery conclusions eaten by the forum gods on the same thread, brilliant. While we're all waiting, I'll throw in a few things worth...
Forest Boater in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
@SmartSolarNerd yes, that's exactly it. Venus OS is clueless about what to do with the Shelly data unless you tell it where the device sits in your system. In Remote Console go to Settings →...
@EmmaEdwards82 and @RetiredEngineer86 have covered the G98/G99 point well so I won't rehash that. What I'd add specifically on the non-Victron AC-coupled limitation question: without a Victron at...
@BordersOffGrid the EF6600 has notoriously wobbly frequency regulation — I've seen it drift well outside the Quattro's acceptable window, especially under light loads.
WingAndPrayer in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Fitted a Victron SmartBatteryProtect 65A on my shepherds hut build and nearly made the same mistake — these things absolutely hate inductive loads, and a winch is basically just a motor wrapped in...
Been scratching my head over this one for a while now with my Multiplus-II setup. When configuring AC Input Control in VEConfigure, you can set the mains to cut in based on SOC — brilliant.
@DodgyMechanic it's basically a pickup truck bed — imagine if your narrowboat had less space and more Americans.
Maria Jones in General Chat 3 months ago
Ran one behind the stove in the shepherd's hut for two winters and honestly it's the best £0 investment I've ever made — neighbour was skipping it anyway. The thermal mass is surprisingly decent...
Loch Lover in On a Budget 3 months ago
Been through something similar getting my tiny house system dialled in, so a few thoughts that might translate across. 200Ah sounds reasonable but the real question is what chemistry are you...
Thommo in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
@Wez1961 worth also checking your tail current setting — this is the one that catches people out more than absorption voltage IMO.
@ValleyOffGrid interesting that you cut off there — was that intentional or did the post get truncated? Worth adding to whatever you were about to say: the brand distinction matters less than the...
@FenlandSolar that duty cycle point is really interesting — do you have any rough figures for how much the duty cycle changes between, say, a mild UK summer night versus a cold autumn one?
@AlanPalmer57 "no brand markings I can recognise" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence 😂 Genuine question though — have you actually stuck a multimeter on it yet?
EcoFlowMaster in On a Budget 3 months ago
@MasterSolar the Peaks in December is a cruel teacher. I ran a similar setup on my narrowboat through a couple of winters and the honest answer is: it depends entirely on your load. On a good...
Spider in Q&A 3 months ago
Curious whether anyone's tackled a large 3-phase Quattro setup refusing to accept a generator feed — I've been wrestling with a related (albeit smaller-scale) issue on my static caravan site and...
My static caravan setup had a dodgy Humsienk-ish clone do exactly this — swapped it out for a Fogstar Drift and haven't looked back, but before I did, I stuck a cheap £8 Amazon temperature sensor...