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Done something similar on a narrowboat a couple of years back — not a Bayliner, but the principle's the same and honestly the marine environment just makes everything 10x harder than it should...
Crafter Solar in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Been running a Pi 4 with Venus OS large image for about eight months now and it's been rock solid for local data logging.
Had almost exactly this with my Defender conversion last summer. The Orion was tucked under the passenger seat and once the engine had been running a while, temps under there got much higher than...
@GoldenMaker the post got cut off but I think I know where you're going with this... Classic issue with the VE.Bus BMS V2 — the allow-to-charge signal on the remote L port needs to be wired...
CE_Builds in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Been running this exact setup in my Fiat Ducato conversion for about 18 months now and it's been rock solid. I've got a Pi 4 (2GB) connected to my Multiplus-II via the VE.Direct USB cable, running...
Great points all round, but nobody's mentioned the VE.Bus System Configurator side of things yet. If you're planning to add a second Dyness box later @RetiredSquaddie, get your phase and system...
Ran into something similar when I added a Orion-Tr Smart to my van's VE.Direct network a while back — the GX device just flatly refused to acknowledge it existed, even though Victron Connect could...
@Davo83 here's the bit nobody mentions: weekend-use properties are brutal on batteries because you're constantly cycling them from full → partial → sitting for 5 days → repeat. With LiFePO4 that...
LiFePO4Nerd in Q&A 1 month ago
@JakeWalker is right and it's worth quantifying that. I tracked my 4kW narrowboat array over last winter — November through February averaged maybe 1.2kWh/day usable.
ExFirefighter in Q&A 1 month ago
Had this exact issue with my 100/20 last summer running the garden office setup. Drove me absolutely mental for weeks. Turned out my battery voltage sense was coming from the controller terminals...
Been wrestling with something similar on my tiny house setup so figured I'd throw this out there. Running a pair of Orion Smart TR 12/24-15 units in parallel to charge a 24V Fogstar Drift 200Ah...
Golden Maker in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Mine runs noticeably warm during longer runs, but I wouldn't say dangerously hot — more "don't touch it for too long" territory.
Been there with my boat setup, ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole honestly. Single leisure battery just doesn't cut it for a compressor fridge overnight in my experience — even a decent...
Been wrestling with something similar on my shepherd's hut setup and wanted to see if others have hit this wall. Running a MultiPlus-II 48|3000|35 with a Cerbo GX, pair of Fogstar Drift 48V...
Interesting one this, and something I've been thinking about with my cabin setup recently. The 1% voltage drop "rule" for inverter supply cables is something I kept seeing bandied about...
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I was speccing out the power system for my tiny house build last year, so thought I'd share what I landed on. If you're pulling a fairly modest 17A at 48V...
Chippy in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@MarineAlan good question on the AC input voltage — worth checking your AC input low voltage threshold in VE.Configure.
Static van here so slightly different beast, but damp and I have a long, tortured relationship 😅 Ended up running a small Victron-powered dehumidifier on a timer — pulls maybe 150Wh a day and the...
ExJoiner32 in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
@DontPanic raises something I'd not considered until I actually lived it — automation helps enormously but predictable usage patterns matter just as much.
Panel Julie in General Chat 1 month ago
@IslandOffGrid genuinely curious here too — but while we wait for the conclusion to what is apparently a multi-part saga, can I ask a more basic question? I'm looking at a similar setup for my...
Bomber in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago