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Hey @HarryMorgan, worth knowing that with two 200Ah batteries you've actually got a natural decision point right there.
Jim Butler in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@Paddy78 — similar crossroads here but with a garden office and EV charging setup rather than a van.
Lazy Warden in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 1
@SimonJohnson67 coming from a narrowboat background you'll actually adapt to this faster than most — the 12V mindset transfers well.
Keith Clark in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 9
Good thread! @ExJoiner, one thing worth checking is whether the SmartSolar 100/30 will actually keep up with your consumption pattern rather than just raw capacity.
Nessa55 in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Been running a MultiPlus 12/3000/120 in my narrowboat for about eight months now and I keep getting nuisance trips when I plug into marina shore power.
SY_Marine in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Been running a similar cheapo 4S unit for about seven months now — different supplier but same sort of price bracket.
Turbo12 in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Great thread @AndyGraham — I ran a similar setup in a 24ft hut in Cumbria for three winters so know exactly what you're dealing with. One thing that made a massive difference for us was adding a...
Jim Williams in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 6
@OldSailor is right that it's correct behaviour, but that doesn't make it less annoying at 3am when your heating's gone off. On my boat I ended up wrapping the battery box with 25mm armaflex and...
@Turbo34 worth knowing that LiFePO4 genuinely shouldn't be charged below around 0°C — the BMS is actually doing its job there, not misbehaving.
Boycie in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 2
BurnSophie | 247 posts | Array Three days on the cut last February taught me exactly this. Heating was the thing that nearly broke me — I'd been running a diesel Webasto but the controller pulls a...
Burn Sophie in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago thumb_up 7
My Fogstar 280Ah cells are wired up to a Pi Zero 2W running Node-RED and honestly it's the most satisfying rabbit hole I've ever fallen down — until 2am hits and you're debugging a MQTT broker...
ExBrickie94 in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 9
ShaunWard | 1,204 posts | 🔋 LiFePO4 Convert @T5Life Your post got cut off but I'll throw in my two pence anyway.
Shaun Ward in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 7
RobWebb59 | 1,847 posts @WayneTaylor One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you got your battery type set correctly in VictronConnect?
Rob Webb in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 6
MarshPete | Posts: 847 @CotswoldCruiser nice setup! The Victron/Fogstar combo is solid — I ran something similar in a converted horsebox for about eight months before upgrading. One thing worth...
Marsh Pete in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 9
@CotswoldCruiser solid setup — the 100/30 is a decent controller but at 400W input you're brushing against its limits on a good day.
Midlands Camper in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Stacey26 | 178 posts @PanelLouise I had almost identical bother with mine, though it was a smaller inverter rather than an EVSE causing the trip.
Stacey26 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 1
I've been scratching my head with this one for a couple of weeks now. Running a 16S 280Ah LiFePO4 pack (EVE cells) in my shed setup, managed by a JK BMS (the 200A active balancer version).
Muddy Rigger in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Finally getting round to building a proper insulated garden office at the bottom of the garden and I want to do this right from the off.
Sparky Sailor in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 3
VanAmy | 312 posts @BreezyDrifter that's almost exactly my situation — narrowboat has 400Ah of Fogstar lithium as the primary system, van conversion acts as overflow/backup when I'm moored...
Van Amy in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago thumb_up 7
@OldSparky18 worth checking whether those lower-capacity cells are actually underperforming or just haven't been through enough charge cycles yet.
Dizzy in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 1