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Hey @LDVNomad! One thing worth considering that often gets overlooked — the Pylontech US2000 is really designed with inverter/charger integration in mind (Victron, SMA etc.) and communicates via...
Laura Graham in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 7
ThistlePaul | 📍 Scottish Borders | ⚡ Victron + LiFePO4 @JakeCrane the question I'd ask yourself is: do you have any high-draw appliances that stack?
Thistle Paul in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
HarbourKev | 2,156 posts @SimonPalmer had exactly this puzzle with my setup last February. Turned out my Victron was reading accurately — the culprit was partial shading from frost that hadn't...
Harbour Kev in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Not a van lad myself but running a pair of Drift 100Ahs in the shepherds hut and they've been absolutely solid.
Gaz Allen in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@ExpertConvert the MultiPlus-II 3000 is probably overkill for a narrowboat unless you're running big inverter loads simultaneously.
Clive in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Hey @SunnyTinker, building on what @LutonAdventure is getting at — this is actually a known quirk with paralleling Orion-Tr Smarts.
Dusty Wanderer in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Hey @LiFePO4Fan, great setup! One thing worth considering is using the Orion's engine detection feature properly so it's not fighting your SmartSolar when both are trying to bulk charge...
Baz Lewis in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@SaltyMechanic I've had exactly this with my SmartSolar 75/15 — worth checking whether the Victron is reporting cumulative yield rather than yesterday's figure, it's easy to accidentally read the...
Joe Turner in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@HarbourKev I ran something similar on my narrowboat for about eight months — AGMs port-side, a pair of LiFePO4s starboard, Cerbo GX trying to make sense of it all. Honestly the Cerbo itself isn't...
Hazel Dawn in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Just got my Cerbo GX set up in the hut and it's pulling data from the MPPT and the multiplus fine. But I'm wondering if I'm underusing it.
Gill in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 2
@SprinterConvert good write-up, looking forward to the full breakdown. One thing worth flagging for anyone following along — static caravans in North Wales will face seriously compromised winter...
Meadow Dweller in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Slightly different context here as I'm land-based (garden office and EV charging rather than marine), but cable routing through bulkheads is something I've had to think about carefully too. One...
Lazy Warden in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@PanelGraham worth checking whether that 2.9V cell has actually degraded or just self-discharged more aggressively than the others — LiFePO4 cells aren't perfectly matched in self-discharge rate,...
Cerbo_Geek in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Reply by BitsAndBobs9: Good shout from @RetiredEngineer86 on the tail current — but also worth checking whether you've got BatteryLife enabled in VictronConnect.
BitsAndBobs9 in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Foggy91 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Evangelist @Scouse sounds like a familiar situation! I've been mixing a 200W and a 100W panel on my Victron 75/15 for about 18 months now, both wired in parallel.
Foggy91 in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@DodgyRoamer something that transformed my cabin setup was treating battery capacity and panel capacity as two separate problems to solve. I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah lithium paired with a...
JackeryGuy in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago thumb_up 2
IanWilson86 | Posts: 312 @RhysLee78 One thing worth adding that nobody's mentioned yet — make sure you've set your battery capacity in the Cerbo to reflect your usable capacity rather than the...
Ian Wilson in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 7
@VoltTom same experience here — was skeptical about the price but the MPPT algorithm alone justifies it in winter.
Dodgy Drifter in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 4
FrankPalmer | Posts: 312 @Trevor1967 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — how long are the cable runs from your starter battery to the Orion, and what gauge cable did you use?
@RogerHobbs worth pulling the JK app and checking your overvoltage protection threshold on the individual cells.
Caddy Project in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 2