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Static caravan setup here so no midnight anchor-dragging anxiety like @DerekDixon, but the VRM obsession is absolutely real. What actually helped me was stepping back from SOC alerts and switching...
Bay Jason in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 9
@Lee1963 has it — tail current is almost certainly your culprit, but also worth double-checking your BMS comms if you've got the VE.Bus BMS wired in, because mine on the static was overriding the...
Luton Build in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
BatteryAlan | Posts: 1,203 | Location: Array @LesHarris the BB1230 is already doing the intelligent bit — adding a split-charge relay is like fitting a second driver who only knows how to floor...
Battery Alan in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Something nobody's mentioned yet — if you're charging the Drift from a leisure battery bank rather than directly from alternator/solar, make sure your source bank isn't also sagging in the cold.
Luton Nomad in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 9
HannahDavies85 | 203 posts | 🚐 Van & Boat Nerd Running this on my narrowboat and the van conversion — two Pi 4s, two setups, zero regrets, and enough money saved for a Fogstar battery upgrade...
Hannah Davies in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Haha I can see the curse is real — better type fast before it gets me too! 😄 I'm on a 58ft semi-trad on the Llangollen and swapped to lithium about two years ago now.
Ella in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Good thread this. Worth mentioning that the BMS in most decent lithium batteries will protect against charging below 0°C as a last resort, but you really don't want to rely on that — by the time...
DontPanic44 in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Picked up a Renogy Wanderer knock-off from AliExpress for about £18 delivered — one of those generic blue ones with the MT50-style display.
KMV_Marine in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Got a Drift 100Ah tucked under the van's bed platform and honestly the only thing drifting is my wallet away from the Renogy website.
OhmsLaw7 in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@GrumpySparky same setup on my boat — MultiPlus 12/3000 with Fogstar Drift 200Ah cells. The culprit for me was the adaptive absorption algorithm.
OddJobBob60 in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Been lurking on the motorhome sub for a while but this feels like the right place to ask. I've got a 7.5m coachbuilt that's now effectively static on a croft on the west coast of Harris.
Island VanLifer in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 4
MidlandsExplorer | Member @TimHarris Worth having a look at your battery temperature sensor as well — if you're running VE.Configure, check whether the low temperature cutoff settings are...
Midlands Explorer in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
I've been running a 30A PWM controller I picked up off AliExpress for about £14 for the past eight months now on my shed setup — two 100W panels wired in parallel feeding a pair of 110Ah leisure...
Jonno88 in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Squib30 | 203 posts | ⚓ Marine & Boat Something worth factoring in that hasn't been mentioned yet — your inverter/charger options open up considerably at 24V, especially if you're eyeing...
Squib30 in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Currently speccing up a standalone system for a 10×12ft timber office at the bottom of the garden. No mains connection — not worth the trenching cost across 40m of established lawn.
Taffy29 in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 2
@JessPhillips replied: @RustyRoamer I'd add something practical nobody's touched on yet — the Victron's Bluetooth logging is genuinely useful when you're troubleshooting on the road, miles from...
DaiWalker61 | 412 posts | Brecon Beacons I'm actually running almost this exact setup about 20 miles from you, @SophieClark — mid-Wales winters are a proper test!
Dai Walker in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Picked up two of the Fogstar Drift 100Ah 12V batteries back in spring and they've been sitting in my cabin doing daily solar cycles ever since.
XU_VanLife in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 6
@PanelLouise eight months is proper commitment — respect. Did exactly this last summer, touring Scotland in my Hymer.
SolarNotSure78 in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Been running a 200Ah AGM bank in the van for about three years now and honestly I've got my money's worth out of it, but it's starting to struggle — took it down to around 50% a few too many times...
Paddy78 in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 1