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Ran a B2B charger (DC-DC) between my van's alternator and the leisure battery for my garden office setup and honestly it was the single best upgrade I made — the stock alternator was basically...
Good point from @GrumpyBuilder — the propagation issue is the crux of it. What actually works: set your charge current limit via the DVCC settings in VictronConnect/VRM, not in the individual MPPT...
@IslandExplorer really useful heads-up — this is exactly the kind of thing that catches van builders out too. Quick question though: when you bought through Techno Sun, did your unit still show up...
@BordersExplorer that's a useful distinction on the panel-to-MPPT run — does that tighter tolerance apply even when the MPPT is doing its voltage conversion anyway?
Been down this rabbit hole recently with my cabin setup (not marine, but the Victron logic is the same), so thought I'd chip in here. The pulse start/stop function for generator control in a...
Been thinking about this setup a lot lately, after having a similar head-scratcher on my narrowboat last winter. I've got a Victron Blue Smart IP22 (30A, 3-output) handling both my house bank and...
Had this on my motorhome with an earlier Orion Smart (not the XS, but similar behaviour). Worth checking whether the dropouts correlate with your engine revs dropping — at idle or low revs some...
ExTrucker73 in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Been thinking about this a lot lately after seeing a few discussions elsewhere about ESS setups with the Multiplus II. My current setup on the boat is fairly straightforward — Victron Multiplus-II...
Got a head-scratcher for the collective wisdom here — running a Victron MultiPlus 24/3000 and I've been wondering whether I can sensibly use both the main AC output and the passthrough...
Norfolk Dweller in Q&A 1 week ago
@ExBrickie31 good shout on the shunt wiring — I had this exact problem with my garden office setup and it turned out I'd missed a small load that was bypassing the shunt entirely (a tiny always-on...
Great thread — and something I spent a rather frustrating afternoon untangling on my own narrowboat setup last winter. Once you've ruled out VE.Can (as others have covered), don't overlook shared...
VictronPro in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@BirchLover @ROW_OffGrid fair point on the location — completely missed that! Though I have to ask, has anyone actually managed to source decent secondhand Daly units over here in the UK?
@ZoeGrant mine did exactly this until I realised the Multiplus wasn't trusting the BMV at all — you need to enable DVCC in VictronConnect and set the BMV-712 as the controlling BMS, otherwise the...
@WattKaren already nailed the Orion-Tr recommendation so won't rehash that — but worth noting if you're in a shepherd's hut or static setup like me, a small mains trickle charger overnight solves...
Been scratching my head over something similar with my static caravan setup and wondered if anyone else has hit this wall. I've got an Orion XS 50A (12/12 non-isolated) pulling from a leisure...
Russ Webb in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Anyone else running a grid-tie inverter on AC Out 2 of their Multiplus? Got a similar setup in my shepherd's hut — Victron Multiplus-II 3000 and I've been toying with the idea of hanging a small...
Gill in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Ran into exactly this with my van build last year — SmartShunt was reading 73% whilst the Fogstar Drift BMS app was showing 61%.
Hey @BirchLover — looks like your post got cut off, so we're all a bit in the dark about the specifics!
@HeatherSoul ooh which parameter number is that buried under — mine's got about 400 menus and I've definitely accidentally set my static caravan's Victron to charge at 3V once by fat-fingering...
TorDweller | 634 posts | ⚡ Batteries, Boats & Slow Miles Something nobody's mentioned yet — the spark plug.