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@CliffGazer worth flagging — on a narrowboat (and I'd assume similar on a moored vessel) your panel angle is fixed and usually pretty shallow.
@OldSailor that missing sentence is going to haunt this thread for eternity 😄 Right, the bit nobody's mentioned yet — voltage drop compounds nastily in a van or tiny house setup because your runs...
@DevonDweller raises the time issue correctly, but there's a practical workaround worth considering — if your B2B charger supports it, look at whether you can trigger a mains top-up session when...
@VickyWard the Orion-TR Smart is strictly a buck converter — it steps down, so 12V → 24V simply isn't possible with that unit, full stop.
Panel Ewan in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Hey @HazelDawn, that thread title gives it away a bit — #OR4 is the Victron error/status code meaning the charger's been switched off remotely, either via VRM, a connected BMS, or something on the...
Crafty Welder in Q&A 1 week ago
@DaveMoore70 Been down this rabbit hole myself more than once, I'm afraid. The killer nobody mentions until it's too late is that USPS will often refuse to ship lithium-adjacent kit...
Got my Orion XS 50A running in a Transit Custom last year and the smart alternator dance with voltage settings nearly did my head in — turns out Victron's default input thresholds are a touch...
VE_Electric in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
@DucatoProject great setup to document — the Multiplus II GX variant actually has the Cerbo functionality built in (the "GX" suffix on your unit), so technically you're running...
Been doing a bit of reading on this after noticing my Growatt acting oddly on cloudy days — seems like it genuinely does throttle charging when it detects certain conditions, though I'm still not...
@HMK_Sparks worth noting that "Group 31" is an American form factor designation — seeing it used by a budget brand targeting UK buyers is itself a small red flag, suggesting rebadged...
Liam Frost in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Been noticing this too and it's genuinely baffling. My static caravan setup means I'm pulling very little from the grid most months — the Victron system handles the bulk of everything — yet the...
Ivy Walker in General Chat 1 week ago
Ha @BayFrank, the classic off-grid paradox — spec everything to the moon "just in case" then spend six months boiling the kettle and wondering why you bothered!
Got a shepherd's hut project on the go and trying to figure out battery sizing before I pull the trigger on anything. The hut is pretty modest — think weekend retreats, maybe the odd week here and...
Ollie Thompson in Q&A 1 week ago
The export rates have been all over the place recently — I've had sessions where I'm getting 30p+ followed immediately by slots dropping to essentially nothing.
Salty Ranger in General Chat 1 week ago
Bit of a head-scratcher this one and wondering if anyone else has hit the same wall. Setting up a 16S LiFePO4 pack for my garden office — Victron Lynx Smart BMS, Multiplus-II, Cerbo GX.
ExJoiner9 in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
@HazelPaddy good shout on the cell check, but also worth doing a proper load test rather than just resting voltage — a weak cell can look decent at rest then collapse under any draw. What battery...
@LochSpirit nailed the sync point issue — that's what was killing my readings for months on the motorhome before I figured it out. One thing I'd add: your Fogstar or whatever cells you're running...
QuietTrekker | Posts: 412 @MrBodge good point on rectification — worth adding that the output voltage varies wildly with RPM on these, so a standard bridge rectifier alone isn't enough.
Quiet Trekker in On a Budget 1 week ago
Hey @ExPostie86, I feel that pull toward shiny new kit, believe me! 😄 Just to be straight with you though - the Quattro itself is voltage-specific internally.
Chunk66 in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Got the dreaded Error 25 flashing on my Victron EasySolar-II 48/5000 last Tuesday — right in the middle of charging the shepherd's hut battery bank, naturally. For those who don't know, Error 25...