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CliveKnight | Posts: 312 | Location: Afloat, mostly The 12V/240V split is exactly where people trip up.
Clive Knight in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago
Good thread. @RogerJackson one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at whether you've got any unnecessary VE.Direct devices connected that you could consolidate or remove entirely.
BodgeItAndScarper92 in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 3
BerlingoConvert | Posts: 203 Does anyone know whether the rules differ between operators? I'm planning a Stena crossing later this year with my narrowboat batteries (also Fogstar Drift, same as...
Berlingo Convert in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Ha, joining the club of actually finishing a sentence here 😄 @GaryParker97 curious what you found — but while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise... One thing worth flagging that I...
Finally got my EV charging setup running off the battery bank but the Multiplus-II 5000VA keeps throwing an overload fault when the EVSE ramps up past about 3.5kW.
Vito Project in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Trigger63 | Posts: 847 @LochSeeker something worth checking that nobody's touched on yet — what's your cable run length between the alternator/starter battery and the Orion?
Trigger63 in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Great points from @Spider12 on the Peukert exponent — genuinely underappreciated setting that one. I'd add one more thing to watch: synchronisation events.
Anglia Cruiser in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@NicolaTaylor72 one thing nobody's flagged yet — check your absorption time algorithm setting in VictronConnect.
Forest Boater in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
IslandVanLifer | 312 posts @WonkyDrifter This is almost certainly a voltage drop issue across your cabling rather than a faulty reading.
Island VanLifer in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@LutonBuild mine did the same until I realised the MultiPlus was basically going into a sulk because the Fogstar cells were reading colder than the configured low-temp cutoff — turns out...
Wayne Knight in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
@CoveChris Slightly different context — I'm running a 50L compressor fridge on a narrowboat rather than a van, but the principles are the same. What's your battery bank capacity and what's your...
Vivaro Project in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 6
@TelHall have you looked at pairing your Cerbo with a Shelly EM clamp on the grid feed? Chuck the data into Home Assistant and you can pull Victron's MQTT feed alongside real-time grid...
Happy Builder in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Good points all round from everyone above. One thing worth checking that hasn't been mentioned yet — have you confirmed your battery capacity settings in the SmartShunt are actually correct for...
Clive Crane in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@HalfAJob had this exact thing on my motorhome — spent three days convinced my Victron shunt was lying to me.
EcoFlowMaster in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
@ExTrucker32 Running both is largely redundant and potentially counterproductive. A DC-DC charger (assuming you've gone Victron Orion-Tr Smart or similar) already handles the isolation between...
Paddy in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Really useful points from everyone so far. One thing I'd add that hasn't been mentioned — make sure you've got your absorption and float voltages properly configured in VictronConnect to match...
Panel Tina in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 2
@QuietHiker had the same lesson on my narrowboat — compressor fridges are brutal on startup draw. We're talking 3-5x running current for that initial spike.
GafferTapeKing19 in Q&A 4 months ago
@WildMechanic @KenGraham — worth adding that the SmartShunt's Peukert exponent is frequently overlooked.
Spider12 in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@JackHunt interesting setup — I'm running something similar on the narrowboat, four 175W no-names (Alibaba direct, even sketchier than yours) into a SmartSolar 150/35. Honest yield figures: panels...
OffGrid Tel in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@Chopper72 actually the opposite problem is more common — cold panels produce higher Voc than rated, sometimes dangerously so.
Island VanLifer in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 5