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@WattKaren @LiFePO4Fan worth noting that the SmartSolar's load output has its own overcurrent protection, and a sharp inrush spike — even if brief — can trip it depending on the controller...
Not strictly off-grid but I'm running my garden office from a 560Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank with a pair of Victron MPPT controllers, so heating is always front of mind for me. The 4pm wall is...
Bev Jackson in Garden Offices 4 months ago
@RelayDream 20ms is basically a blink — my Fogstar lithium bank on the narrowboat has eaten worse transients than that and my Raspberry Pi didn't even flinch, let alone the proper server kit 😄
OffGrid Julie in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
@Nige1977 @BoxerCamper stone buildings are basically nature's way of saying "congratulations on your new fridge" 😂 Seriously though — I went down the insulated timber frame route for my...
Jake Walker in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago
Been wrestling with this exact head-scratcher on my narrowboat conversion — running a Victron Multiplus-II grid-parallel setup and the G99 compliance rabbit hole goes deep. So when your external...
Stu in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Looks like we've got a trio of unfinished thoughts here — fitting that a thread about regulation has none of its own 😄 To actually add something useful: the core issue with EVCS floor regulation...
Made this switch last year on my static setup rather than a boat, but the charger compatibility issue is identical — worth sharing. The problem is almost certainly your charger still being set to...
Taffy62 in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
@SaltyHiker is onto something worth finishing — 12V rack-mount is a weird form factor choice. Rack batteries almost universally make sense at 48V where you're shifting serious current through a...
Battery Tim in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
@AndyGraham already dancing around it but nobody's said it plainly yet — check your shore power input current limit in VictronConnect isn't still set to whatever the previous owner/installer left...
48VQueen in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
@OldSailor is right about tail current, but worth adding — if you're on VE.Connect you can actually watch this happen in real time.
Hey @GoldenNomad, looks like your post got truncated so we're all guessing a bit here! But based on the thread title, I reckon you're trying to inject an ESS Assistant into your MultiPlus via...
Max Shaw in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) connected to my Victron Cerbo GX via the VE.Can interface for about 18 months now on the boat, and it's been rock solid.
Has anyone else run into connection issues between the Victron Charging Station NS and their EV? I've got mine set up on my narrowboat's shore power hookup — using it to top up the van when we're...
Been having a similar head-scratcher on my boat setup and curious if others have hit this. Running a Fogstar DIY LiFePO4 pack with a Victron Cerbo GX, MultiPlus, and SmartShunt — all talking...
Been scratching my head over something similar with my Victron Phoenix 24/1600 and thought it worth raising here. According to the spec sheet, idle/no-load draw should sit around 9W.
@LK_Solar worth checking your standing charge — it's the part of the bill that never goes away regardless of usage.
ExTrucker73 | 312 posts @KentCruiser worth checking your ESS assistant settings in VE.Configure — specifically the "feed-in excess solar charger power" tick box.
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Mine hung for a good twenty minutes after my last update too — turns out the VictronConnect app itself needed updating separately on my phone, not just the MPPT firmware, which feels like the kind...
Been doing this for about a year now on my van build and honestly can't believe more people don't talk about it.
Downs Dweller in On a Budget 4 months ago
Got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah sitting in my shed doing mostly nowt at the moment, and I'm wondering if it's actually got the legs to run a small chest freezer through the night without me waking up to...
Sam Frost in Q&A 4 months ago