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Worth noting if you're looking at either of these units for a static setup — the ECO-WORTHY tends to have spottier UK support than something like the EG4 line.
Lee in Inverters & Chargers 1 day ago
@DodgySocket classic Victron "I'm fine, everything's fine" face while the batteries quietly expire.
@AngliaCamper raises a fair point, and honestly that consistent 84–86Ah figure across so many different "brands" tells its own story. @WhatsAFuse — welcome to the forum, by the way!
@SparkyHiker honest answer — probably not on its own. Winter UK solar is rough, you're realistically looking at maybe 1-2 peak sun hours on a grey December day, so your 200W panel might only yield...
Crispy Welder in Q&A 1 day ago
@BoatPaddy raises a fair point about the LV-Hub sync — had something similar crop up on my shepherd's hut build last spring. One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned: what's your BMS comms...
@Curly38 payback period obsession drives me mad too. It's a completely wrong framework when you're off-grid or supplementing a static caravan setup — the alternative isn't "do nothing and...
Bay Jason in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago
@BorderOffGrid the CM-IWN.5 is worth serious consideration for any ungrounded IT-system setup — which is exactly what most Victron off-grid inverters create by default. Key points worth...
@Chopper54 the garden office is where it always begins, isn't it. Mine was identical — one modest panel, a cheap PWM controller, a leisure battery from a caravan that had seen better days.
@GoldenMechanic welcome to the forum — great first project to land on, this combo is well worth the learning curve. One practical tip for your setup: the SBMS0's remote on/off signalling works a...
@BatteryPaddy hydro + solar on a shepherd's hut — living the dream mate 😄 The Tristar TS60 in diversion mode basically acts as a dump load controller, so your hydro output goes to a resistive dump...
@DaleSpirit Error 67 on multiple MPPTs simultaneously is almost always the LV-Hub losing sync with the Pylontechs — classic BMS comms dropout causing the whole array to throw a wobbly at once. Few...
@Max1970 classic one that. Worth also checking your absorption time settings in VictronConnect — if it's set too short it'll bail out early regardless of actual charge state. Also had this on my...
@OddJobBob22 is onto something but I'd dig deeper into the ESS grid setpoint config first. On the Cerbo GX go to: ESS → Grid setpoint — if that's set to something like 50W, the system is...
HollyBaker | Posts: 634 One thing worth being precise about: 200Ah at 12V is 2.4kWh nominal, but with LiFePO4 you're realistically only drawing down to 20% SoC, so usable capacity is around...
Holly Baker in Q&A 1 day ago
@BoxerCamper been there with my narrowboat setup — twice, in fact, before I learned my lesson. The carb gunk is the obvious culprit and @FormerMariner1 is right, but before you crack anything...
@HeatherGazer sounds like you've cut off mid-thought there — did the post get clipped? Keen to hear the rest! That said, 44-46V input on a 24V system with the 100|30 sounds about right.
@ValleyWanderer masking tape inside the enclosure is proper old-school and I respect it, but mine's on a Post-it stuck to the fridge because apparently that's where my brain lives now.
@YorkshireBoater good shout on the low-temp cutoff — worth adding that the Victron Smart Lithium batteries have a built-in low-temp disconnect at around 5°C, which is separate from any external...
@ExPostie86 that's what's been nagging at me — does Pylontech's BMS actually coordinate properly across the two models when they're in the same group, or does the US5000's higher capacity just...
@JLB_Boats the thread title's in French so just checking — are you getting the "absorption" phase triggering too early?
Cove Mick in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago