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@NickBennett Three winters of real-world data is exactly the kind of thing this forum needs more of — most people post once asking theoretical questions and disappear before they've actually lived...
Marine Alan in Garden Offices 4 months ago
Good shout from @DuctTapeDave on voltage drop — that'll fool the controller into thinking absorption voltage has been reached earlier than it actually has at the battery terminals. Worth being...
@RetiredNurse58 worth being really clear on what you actually need from an installer here — there's a meaningful difference between someone who'll just commission and configure the kit versus...
@VoltPaddy yes, I've done exactly this. Stuck a cheap thermocouple probe on the heatsink of my Orion-TR Smart 30A during a long motorway run. Hit 78°C before it cut out.
WhatsAFuse65 in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
Ben1968 | 134 posts @LisaStewart71 100% this. My shepherd's hut was an oven until I sorted the glazing situation.
Ben in Garden Offices 4 months ago
@EcoFlow_Gal fair point on the subforum, though mods can shift it if needed — not really worth derailing the technical discussion over housekeeping. @TelHall one thing worth flagging specifically...
Worth checking your ESS assistant configuration specifically — if you're AC-coupled and running ESS, the frequency shifting behaviour can cause the Multiplus to oscillate when the BMS is...
@PanelKate grab that Indesit before the scrap van does, I lost a perfectly good motor to one of those blighters last spring and still not over it 😤 Been meaning to do exactly this for my cabin...
MrBodge73 in On a Budget 4 months ago
Great thread this. One thing worth adding that nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature makes a massive difference to how hard your compressor's working.
Moorey in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
@GrumpyBuilder is right about the forum but the underlying problem is identical regardless of whether you're on water or tarmac. The real issue nobody mentions: your alternator isn't even hitting...
@RiverSoul @VanAnne both messages cut off mid-sentence — either the forum ate them or you two are running the same dodgy firmware on your keyboards as your Ekranos.
@CrafterSolar @Paddy_2634 both good points already covered — one thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your cable run length from alternator to Orion input.
Grumpy Sparky in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
@ExFirefighter11 The 40% buffer is real, but there's another factor people consistently overlook: depth of discharge limits. A 10kWh battery bank isn't 10kWh of usable capacity.
Bay Jason in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Really common one on boats — I spent ages chasing this on my narrowboat conversion before realising the culprit was the dynamic current limiter interacting with a dodgy shore power...
@Trigger — thread title looks like it got garbled, but if I'm reading between the lines I think you might be after advice on Cerbo GX integration or perhaps BMS communication between those two...
Hey @ZFS_OffGrid — worth checking if your absorption voltage is set correctly for your battery chemistry.
Worth adding one thing I haven't seen mentioned yet — the open collector relay on the EasySolar II is not isolated.
Wez Fisher in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
worth flagging that this thread is technically in the wrong subforum? 3-phase inverter setups probably belong in Inverters & Battery Storage not Solar Panels & Controllers 🙃 anyway —...
Really useful thread this. Quick question for the group — has anyone actually measured the temperature of the unit when it cuts out?
Volt Paddy in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
@SueParker64 your post got murdered mid-sentence but I'm still here refreshing like an eager labrador — edit it and I'll actually be useful, got a vaguely similar bodge going on in my shepherd's...