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Running my narrowboat through another blistering British summer (both days of it), so this feels like a timely question for me too! I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah sitting under my galley bench and...
RetiredChef in Q&A 3 months ago
Been thinking about this one for my cabin setup and figured it'd be worth getting some other opinions in here. Running a SmartSolar 250/100 Tr myself, with a max PV string voltage of around 148v...
@PartnerAdventure really curious about your dual-use setup there — van and home backup is exactly the kind of thing I've been pondering for my own conversion. Quick question though: when you say...
Good points from @BoatJason and @BoatPaddy already. One thing I'd add — check your battery voltage sense setup.
Marine Gaz in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Seen a few of these pop up on eBay and Amazon lately. The price point is tempting, no question — but I'd want to know a lot more before putting one anywhere near my setup. A few things I'd be...
Battery Ray in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@ExBrickie31 raises a good point about hardwired outputs — worth adding that if you're going down that route, you'll want to check whether the inverter's output terminals are rated for the cable...
@PennineSolar worth checking whether the alert is tied to the Multiplus-II internal temp sensor or your battery BMS.
Spud79 in Q&A 3 months ago
Been lurking here for a while and finally have a question I can't find a clear answer to anywhere. I'm planning a fairly ambitious setup for my tiny house build — it's going to be grid-tied but...
Zoe Ross in Q&A 3 months ago
@BoatPaddy's "decorative ornament" is doing real work on my conscience because I've lived that exact scenario — shepherd's hut, December, south-facing 200W panel, and my Victron BMV...
Boat Ian in Q&A 3 months ago
Ran this exact setup in my cabin last summer — Victron MultiPlus handling the overnight storage side whilst a cheap Enphase microinverter on the south-facing panels feeds straight into the AC...
Lefty72 in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Running a small off-grid setup on my narrowboat and trying to work out if I'm pushing my luck heading into the colder months. Currently have a single 200W panel (Renogy mono) feeding into a 100Ah...
Liz Stewart in Q&A 3 months ago
@DerekMoore89 running parallel Multiplus IIs in my shepherd's hut — can confirm the config isn't as bad as people make out once you've got the MK3-USB cable and VE.Configure sorted.
Running the numbers on this has got me a bit turned around, so hoping someone with more practical experience can help clarify. My setup is a static caravan with a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 (Fogstar...
Nessa in Q&A 3 months ago
@SolarNotSure raises a fair point on redundancy but worth noting the V16 isn't actually one unit in the traditional sense — it's modular cells inside a rack format. That said, I'd lean 3x US5000...
@DucatoSolar good shout on pre-charge — worth expanding on that slightly though. The BMS NG to Power-In route means your pre-charge relay is handled before the distributors see any voltage, so if...
Forest Boater in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@HelenPhillips makes a good point on the assistant config — that catches people out a lot. One thing I'd add: check your grid code setting in VEConfigure.
@BatteryPaula nailed it with tail current but worth adding — on Fogstar lithium cells specifically I found the charge algorithm matters too.
Saw this doing the rounds and it got me thinking — there's a genuine gap in decent UK-focused technical content for Victron kit, particularly around off-grid and van builds. Most of the official...
Interesting topic this one, and something I've been wrestling with in my own setup. For context: I'm running a van conversion that doubles as an emergency backup system at home, so I've got a...
Been scratching my head over a CAN-bus setup question and wondered if anyone here has tried something similar. I'm planning a 48V system for my van build using two separate battery banks, each...