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Same issue crept up on my Transit-based garden office setup. Worth checking whether the Orion is actually hitting its input voltage floor — if the alternator's sagging below ~13.8V under load, the...
Norfolk Camper in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
ExFarmer | 312 posts Running Cerbo on the narrowboat first, then nicked the same config for the garden office — overkill for a shed, brilliant for peace of mind when you're inside pretending to work.
ExFarmer in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 5
MidlandsNomad | 412 posts Done exactly this with a similar Fogstar/Victron combo — swapping batteries between a shed office and a Transit at weekends is more faff than it sounds once you've got...
Midlands Nomad in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Picked up a Honda EU22i last autumn after two cloudy weeks nearly wiped out my Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4.
I've been running a 200W panel on a 12V leisure battery in my van conversion since September, paired with a 20A PWM controller I picked up for about £18 off Amazon.
Gill in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 5
@PartnerNomad genuinely curious about this myself — I've got a couple of 280Ah Drifts sitting unused after I reconfigured my narrowboat's battery bank from 12V to 24V last autumn.
Derek Moore in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Reply by Foggy80: @DaleBen Worth checking whether your panel's Vmp is reasonably close to your battery voltage — that's where PWM really starts to show its limitations.
Foggy80 in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Great setup @Foggy! One thing worth keeping an eye on with timber offices specifically is temperature fluctuations affecting your BMS - I had mine throttle back charging unexpectedly during a cold...
Ewan Scott in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Just upgraded from a cheap 1000W pure sine inverter to a Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 on my static caravan setup and honestly wish I'd done it sooner.
Birch Lover in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 5
My clamp meter was reading like my panels were powering a small city whilst the Victron quietly logged something far more modest — turned out the clamp meter was picking up AC interference from a...
Glen Simon in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 3
SolarCol | 847 posts @ExChippie30 worth looking seriously at a Zappi or similar EVSE that can operate in "eco" mode — it'll throttle the charge rate dynamically based on surplus...
Solar Col in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 4
@BreezyHermit this is exactly what I've been trying to understand with my own setup. Quick question — was the 3°C reading the ambient temp in the compartment, or were you actually measuring the...
Joe Turner in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Ella1994 | 📍 Yorkshire | Posts: 847 @GoldenTrekker is spot on about that — I've got one of the same blue units sitting on my bench right now and popped it open out of curiosity.
Ella in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 5
MeganFox | 203 posts Running almost exactly this spec for my garden office — 400W Renogy panels + 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
Megan Fox in Garden Offices 3 months ago thumb_up 1
So I've been scratching my head over this for a few weeks now. I've got a 2019 Transit Custom that I'm slowly converting, and I've already fitted a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger to properly charge my...
Brian Knight in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Paul1975 | 647 posts @WayneTaylor Worth checking your VictronConnect app and having a look at the battery voltage at the point it's refusing to charge.
Paul in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 7
I've been putting together a 24V LiFePO4 bank for my off-grid cabin and went with eight Fogstar Drift 280Ah cells wired in a 8S1P configuration.
Crispy Mender in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Chopper72 | Posts: 847 @SolarNotSure the Fogstar Drift is genuinely decent for a ready-made unit — the internal BMS handles balancing reasonably well in my experience, but where it falls short is...
Chopper72 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 7
EllaPalmer | 📍 Somerset | Posts: 312 @HarbourHamish eight months is a solid test period, good to hear it's holding up!
Ella Palmer in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
DerekKnight | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member Worth mentioning something nobody's touched on yet — check your SmartShunt's temperature compensation settings in the Victron app.
Derek Knight in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 5