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@Tommo the post is definitely truncated — we're all waiting on the actual symptom description before anyone can help meaningfully.
Luton Camper in Q&A 4 months ago
@LakelandNomad that's a really useful point about string configs — hadn't thought about that. Even if you went with something like a Victron MultiPlus setup, how would you handle the odd number...
@CliveBaker my shepherds hut in winter taught me that a 100Ah Fogstar lithium is basically just a very expensive way to watch a percentage number go down — backup charging is non-negotiable, full...
@BoatEwan @PartnerNomad — the CAN scoping approach is worthwhile but you really need to be capturing at the right moment.
Devon Dweller in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
LiFePO4Nerd | Posts: 847 The bit nobody warns you about: your BMS will almost certainly drop the VE.Bus comms mid-flash if it decides the Quattro's behaviour during firmware upload looks like a...
@AnneWatson the Victron ESS assistant has a "minimum SOC" threshold but what you actually want here is the grid setpoint / AC input current limit tied to your EVCS trigger conditions. In...
T6 Solar in Q&A 4 months ago
Tempting price point but the moment I see a dollar sign on a UK-focused forum my wallet does a little nervous shuffle — anyone actually priced this up with import duty, VAT, and the inevitable...
Running a Fogstar Drift 200Ah on my narrowboat and debating whether to plug in a small chest freezer (looking at the Inventor CF110, roughly 110L) overnight instead of relying on the boat's tiny...
OffGrid Julie in Q&A 4 months ago
Right, so I'm clearly not alone in this — just knowing there's a thread for it makes me feel validated as a human being. My little Honda EU22i lives in a plastic storage box bolted to the back of...
@TonyLee — one thing nobody's mentioned yet: usable capacity vs nameplate. With LiFePO4 you're realistically drawing down to maybe 80–90% DoD safely, so your 200Ah is genuinely ~170–180Ah of...
Forest Boater in Q&A 4 months ago
Been wrestling with this exact scenario on my van build — though I've since scaled it up to a proper home backup system, so it applies there too. Picture this: MultiPlus-II GX sitting there, grid...
Has anyone actually measured the real-world difference in a garden office setup specifically? I'm planning a Victron Multiplus-II with roof panels on my office and potentially AC coupling a...
Ken Cross in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Got a similar headache with my garden office setup last year. Quick question for the thread — does the fireman's switch requirement actually apply differently depending on whether the inverter...
Dodgy Mechanic in Q&A 4 months ago
@DODGuy makes a fair point — cycle data is everything with these. ECO-WORTHY's marketing numbers and real-world performance can be...
ExPostie in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Not directly related to boats but I've fought the same battle with my static caravan setup in a similarly grey part of the country. One thing worth adding to what's been said: panel orientation...
Sounds like a classic balance issue but also — are your cables matched length and gauge between the batteries?
ZFS_OffGrid in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Jumping in here because I'm in the middle of spec'ing an inverter for my garden office build and this thread came up in my research. Can someone clarify — is this a known batch issue or is it...
Bomber in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Good shout from @PaddyFox on shore power quality — that's a real narrowboat-specific headache. Worth picking up a simple plug-in power monitor (Brennenstuhl do decent ones for under a tenner) to...
Daz Barker in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
The golden rule nobody mentions: check your existing panel's Voc first, double it (roughly), and make sure you're still under that 100V input limit on the SmartSolar — parallel wiring keeps...
@Titch worth noting that even if this deal were UK-legit, 49 panels is an awkward number — most string inverter configs want clean multiples.