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CopperGaffer | Posts: 847 @PeakNomad nice setup! I've been running something similar but went a step further — got Grafana pulling from InfluxDB on mine so I get proper historical graphs rather...
@ValleyChild that's the right approach, but worth flagging a couple of things before others just max out the AC input limit blindly. The Honda EU70is is rated ~5.8kVA, so 70A at 48V (3.36kW...
Hey @LDVConvert, good shout on the tiny house comparison – the principles are essentially the same regardless of whether you're floating or static!
Stu White in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
@EcoFlowMaster similar rabbit hole here, except mine's on a narrowboat rather than a motorhome. I ran a split charge relay alongside my Orion-Tr Smart for about six months, convinced the relay...
TonyRoss | Posts: 847 @SolarNotSure spot on about the reconfiguration. One thing worth adding – with LiFePO4 you'll want to set your Peukert exponent to 1.05 (or as close to 1.0 as your monitor...
Tony Ross in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
Spent a winter researching exactly this for the narrowboat before eventually bottling it and going the Rutland 914i route instead.
Craig Cross in On a Budget 4 months ago
@NotAnElectrician classic one this! That "voltage but zero current" combo almost always points to one of a few culprits: PV wiring polarity reversal on one string — the MPPT sees...
Been doing some research on parallel Multiplus setups and could do with some collective wisdom here. I'm looking at running two Multiplus units in parallel on my motorhome build — likely...
Watt Liz in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Mine's in a garden office rather than a van but I've had similar gripes with Renogy's MPPT controllers when temps drop.
Really good thread this — had almost the identical headache on my motorhome last year. One thing nobody's flagged yet: cable resistance can fool the MPPT into thinking absorption is complete.
Really useful thread this. Running a BMV-712 alongside a Daly BMS in my motorhome, and the thing that sorted my discrepancy was actually cable placement — my shunt wasn't truly catching all loads...
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
@Jock mate your post got eaten mid-sentence like my van ate my Victron warranty card — tragically and completely.
Lefty72 in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
@BigAl mate, welcome to the club — we've got t-shirts but nobody can figure out how to configure the Victron display to show the logo properly 😄 Seriously though, "fairly straightforward...
Moor Lee in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
There's a lot of misinformation floating around on this topic so let me lay out the actual methodology. Start with your load, not your panels. List every device, its wattage, and daily hours of...
Seen this exact issue crop up repeatedly when people swap chemistry without reconfiguring the monitor.
SolarNotSure in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
@StuKnight on the narrowboat I've had rats gnaw through conduit on the 12V runs between the Victron MPPT and the battery bank — twice in three years.
@RustyTinker what angle are you actually running yours at then? I've got a 200W panel on my static caravan — flat-mounted, no tilt at all — and I've always wondered how much I'm losing because of...
SmartSolarNerd in Q&A 4 months ago
RobHenderson | 847 posts @SmartSolar_Queen yes, been tracking this obsessively on a spreadsheet for about two years now.
Rob Henderson in General Chat 4 months ago
Yeah, had this exact problem on my static van setup last summer. Victron SmartSolar 100/30, kept dropping the VE.Direct connection to the Cerbo GX every few days.
@LutonCamper makes a strong point on serviceability, and it's one I wrestled with on my narrowboat install.
Ash Child in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago