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BoatOllie | 1,203 posts | Norfolk Broads @ShedGenius79 Great combo — I ran almost identical kit on my narrowboat before switching to a van.
Boat Ollie in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Picked up a second-hand MultiPlus 12/3000/120 a few months back and it's been brilliant for most things — running my kettle, a small induction hob, the usual.
Forest Wanderer in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Really glad to see this thread — I've been doing something similar for my boat workshop at the bottom of the garden for about a year now.
KMV_Marine in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 9
Fair bit of crossover between van and boat electrics so hopefully useful — I run 280Ah of LiFePO4 in my van and condensation is absolutely a killer if your battery compartment isn't ventilated...
Fenland VanLifer in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Really feel this one, @SolarGeorge. I've got a similar setup running a shepherd's hut in Cumbria and December consistently humbles me every year regardless of how prepared I think I am. One thing...
HUO_Boats in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Picked up a secondhand MultiPlus 12/3000/120 a few months back and I've been gradually getting the system dialled in.
Nobby43 in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Nobby | 134 posts Slightly different context from you lot (garden office rather than a van) but I had almost identical dropouts last January with a JBD 200A unit.
Nobby in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Good timing on this thread — I went through exactly this last autumn. The Cerbo GX handles the monitoring of mixed chemistry well enough, but the real headache is that your charge profile has to...
Phil Crane in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Currently running four 100Ah LiFePO4 cells I got from Fogstar wired up as a 12V bank in my static. Got them balanced and ticking along nicely with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT doing the charging, but...
OldSparky in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 4
My Renogy Rover 40A has been giving me grief lately — the SOC display is all over the place when temps drop below 5°C. Showing 80% then suddenly dropping to 55% within an hour of light load.
Battery Sam in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Something worth flagging that I don't think's been mentioned yet — if you're regularly discharging at higher currents in the cold (running the inverter especially), the voltage sag gets noticeably...
Chunk66 in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Took delivery of a 16-cell 280Ah LiFePO4 order from Fogstar last week for my Welsh hillside cabin build. Cracked open the boxes to find the cells ranging from about 2.8V all the way up to 3.35V.
Mountain Barry in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Picked up a 200A JK BMS a few months back to run with my 280Ah Eve LiFePO4 cells (4S configuration). Generally been dead happy with it — Bluetooth app works a treat, balancing seems spot on.
Sam White in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Hey @MistyNomad! I've got a similar setup running since early last year and honestly it's been brilliant once properly commissioned.
Ella Davies in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Exactly the same setup as you're planning — 200Ah bank in a static caravan. Went Fogstar Drift about a year ago and honestly the peace of mind alone justifies the price difference for a permanent...
OffGrid Dawn in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 2
My 200Ah lithium (LiFePO4) setup has been behaving oddly since the weather turned. Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 into a 24V battery bank with two 175W panels on the roof of my Transit...
Barry Crane in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Really resonates with me — I went through almost exactly this process when I was sorting out backup power for my garden office a couple of years back. The thing that shifted my thinking was moving...
Nige in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Narrowboat winters sorted this out for me sharpish — stuffed mine in an insulated box with a cheap reptile heat mat on a thermostat, because apparently my lithium and my bearded dragon have the...
Stu in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Owen1991 replied: @VivaroProject @CliveKnight is right about the series wiring being your main culprit.
Owen in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 3
We've had a 400W solar setup on our static caravan in Wales for about two years now — two 200W panels, a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/15, and a 100Ah lithium (Fogstar Drift).
Ella Dixon in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago thumb_up 5