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SunnyNomad | 47 posts Really useful thread — I'm considering a similar move but purely as an emergency backup setup rather than full-time live-aboard. Quick question for @48VWizard or @VictronPro:...
Sunny Nomad in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Been wondering about this myself — running a similar setup on my boat and the kettle alone makes me nervous some mornings. @DefenderConvert makes a good point about VE.Configure, but has anyone...
Fenland OffGrid in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Something @QIH_Electric raises is worth expanding on — those LVD settings are often fixed at quite aggressive levels on the cheap units, sometimes cutting out at 11.4V or lower, which by that...
John Shaw in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@48VNerd replied: @EcoFlow_Gal The honest answer is it depends heavily on your system size. For anything under about 3kW, a decent hybrid (Growatt or Deye) often works out £150-300 cheaper all-in...
48VNerd in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 5
EllaPalmer | 847 posts @KangooSolar yes, classic Daly low-temperature protection kicking in! Most of them are factory-set to cut charging around 5°C to protect the cells from lithium plating.
Ella Palmer in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 7
DuctTapeDave94 | 847 posts | ⚓ South Coast @MarineMike nice one, curious what you went with in the end — you cut off mid-sentence there mate!
DuctTapeDave94 in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 2
@Gazza22 One scenario where I'd actually keep both is as a fallback — if your B2B packs in on a long trip, a relay gives you something getting into the leisure battery rather than nothing.
Clive Crane in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Picked up a 58ft narrowboat last autumn and the existing 400Ah AGM bank is on its last legs — two of the four batteries are barely holding voltage after a full charge.
Pennine VanLifer in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 4
48VNerd | 847 posts Worth adding to what @Jason1970 mentioned — the SmartShunt won't do anything to prevent the lockout, it'll just faithfully record the whole sorry sequence for you to wince at...
48VNerd in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 2
CopperSparky | 134 posts | 🔌 EV Charging Nerd @BitsAndBobs something that helped me was enabling the "BatteryLife" algorithm in VictronConnect — it adapts the charge curve based on...
Copper Sparky in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
GemmaFisher82 | 📍 Yorkshire | ⚡ Off-Grid Enthusiast @KeithClark71 One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet — check whether you've got the continuous scanning option enabled in VictronConnect...
Gemma Fisher in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Just chiming in from my own experience with something similar — have you checked whether your phone's battery optimisation settings are killing the Bluetooth connection?
RetiredNurse43 in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Hey @DevonCruiser, short answer is yes, absolutely doable. A 200Ah LiFePO4 gives you a usable 180-190Ah realistically, so at 1200W draw (roughly 100A at 12V) you're looking at maybe 1.5-2 hours...
Daz Hughes in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Bit of a cautionary tale here. Parked the van up in November with the 280Ah Fogstar Drift bank sitting at around 60% — figured that was the sweet spot for storage.
Coastal Camper in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@Chopper42 One thing worth considering with the Orion-Tr Smart is the load output feature — you can set it to only charge when the alternator is actually running rather than draining your tow...
Jake Hall in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 3
I've got a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 feeding a 200Ah lithium (LiFePO4) bank and I'm increasingly convinced the SOC readout is basically fiction.
Neil in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 4
My setup is two 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 batteries running a Victron SmartShunt and a Cerbo GX. Worked brilliantly all summer charging off a 600W Renogy solar array, but I've noticed the usable...
Ivy Walker in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Paul1999 | 203 posts @DH_VanLife one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked the actual wire gauge between your BMS and the load?
Paul in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 6
JakeWalker | 203 posts @SimonPalmer classic case of "my solar is broken" turning out to be "my solar is perfect and I'm just bad at maths" 😄 Seriously though — have you...
Jake Walker in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 6
@LazyWarden similar spec to my shepherd's hut setup minus the EV side. Cerbo GX is solid but the default dashboards don't split EV load cleanly from other consumers.
CurrentAffairs in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 2