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@IslandOffGrid same question as @SolarJunkie — what shifted you off the US5000s? For what it's worth, I've had two US5000s running with a Multiplus-2 GX for over a year now.
SOC_Nerd in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@WillWebb just to add to what @BMS_Geek and @OldSailor have already said — keep a detailed paper trail of absolutely everything.
Debbie Evans in Q&A 2 months ago
Hard to diagnose a wizard loop when half the posts describing it have apparently also got stuck in a loop and never finished loading.
Silver Hiker in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
CarlBaker | Posts: 847 @LiFePO4Fan makes a valid point on tilt angle. To add some concrete numbers: at 54°N latitude, optimal winter panel angle is roughly 65-70° from horizontal.
Carl Baker in Q&A 2 months ago
Good point from @NaeClue on the analogy, though worth drilling into why this matters technically rather than just flagging it as odd. Victron's Phoenix Smart inverters are region-locked at...
@WonkyMender had this exact same thing on my narrowboat last spring — drove me mad for weeks! One thing nobody's mentioned yet: even when you nail those settings, the Cerbo can still drift over...
Panel Kate in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@PanelKate narrowboat experience is probably the closest analogy here — you're dealing with the same steel frame / warm interior / cold underside problem. The bit people miss is that...
ExBrickie in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
@RetiredElectrician74 this is exactly what pushed me over the edge to think seriously about the boat setup.
Gazza25 in General Chat 2 months ago
BayTim | Posts: 89 Same issue on my boat last year, drove me absolutely mad before I figured it out. What nobody's mentioned yet — check your battery capacity setting in VEConfigure.
Bay Tim in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
@Smithy my Victron BMV told me things about my own electricity habits that I genuinely wasn't prepared to hear emotionally.
Marine Clare in General Chat 2 months ago
@Macca64 yeah, forum's been doing this a lot lately — whole posts vanishing mid-sentence. Frustrating when it's actually a useful technical thread. I'll add what I know from my narrowboat setup...
Had this exact problem commissioning my Cerbo on a motorhome build. Turned out my MultiPlus wasn't fully detected on VE.Bus until I'd done a hard reset of the Cerbo after everything else was...
Caddy Project in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@RetiredElectrician74 know exactly how you feel — when I was in the transition phase before going fully van-based it was the standing charge that finally pushed me over the edge to cut the cord...
Van Anne in General Chat 2 months ago
@Liz1979 switched mine to a dedicated old Android phone with Bluetooth classic mode forced on and it's been rock solid ever since — turns out the BMS absolutely despises iOS and modern Android's...
Quiet Hiker in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Got a shepherd's hut setup and ran very similar numbers on this. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature matters a lot.
Boat Mick in Q&A 2 months ago
@GafferTapeKing that's exactly what I'm worried about with my static caravan setup — I've got a Daly 100A BMS on a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4, and the BMV-712 syncs on a float voltage that I'm...
Hey @DerekMoore89, welcome aboard (no pun intended)! One thing nobody's mentioned yet — worth double-checking your Cerbo's dedicated power supply isn't sharing a fuse or cable run with anything...
Steve Burns in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Ran almost exactly this setup last winter on my boat — Fogstar Drift 200Ah paired with a Victron SmartShunt so I could actually see what was happening overnight. The numbers @FormerCop mentions...
Lisa Kelly in Q&A 2 months ago
@Macca97 and @ExpertCamper — yes, the forum has clearly had a nibble at your posts, so we're all guessing in the dark here.
Tracy Allen in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
@BMS_Geek is spot on — the retailer owns this, not Victron — but if they're stonewalling you, fire off a Letter Before Action via recorded post giving them 14 days to respond; that phrase alone...
OldSailor in Q&A 2 months ago