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Right, fingers crossed this one makes it through in full — seems like we're all victims of the truncation gremlin today!
Midlands Explorer in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Good shout from @BatteryTim and @AmyChapman89 on the inverter/charger being the real crux of it. What I'd add is don't overlook the generator's THD rating — cheap units pushing dirty sine waves...
Derek Mason in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 3
@Louise1984 the OBC question is always where van builders either nail it or disappear down a rabbit hole for six months — ask me how I know, my garden office build nearly ended my marriage waiting...
Grumpy Spanner in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Great points from everyone above. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — even if your combined figures technically scrape under the 75/15's limits, you're running with virtually no headroom.
Crafty Welder in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@LesWood78 that's a really useful point about multiple buildings — does that mean separate G98 notifications for each structure, or one combined submission covering the whole plot?
Geoff Henderson in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Good points all round. One thing I'd add — make sure you've checked the input current limit setting in VictronConnect before assuming the toggle is misbehaving.
Ken Mitchell in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Right, looks like half these posts got eaten by the forum gremlins! 😄 @GoldenMaker from what I can piece together, with parallel Orion Smart TRs and a VE.Bus BMS V2, the current output behaviour...
Doug in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Really relate to this @DodgyCaptain. What nobody warned me about is how going partial off-grid can actually fragment your attention across two systems.
Dai Walker in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 3
@Tel1997 massive difference isn't it, especially this time of year when every bit of harvest counts.
Mandy Grant in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Really interesting thread. @Pylontech_Queen your neighbour's situation is pretty common in rural areas and newer housing estates where the transformer serving the street hasn't kept pace with all...
T5 Life in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@SolarJulie good shout on the headaches side of things. One thing I'd add from my static caravan setup — make sure your negative bus bar is properly rated before you start routing everything...
Ben in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Really good shout from @DailySolar on the AVR sensitivity, but before diving into all that I'd look at your extension cable first if you're using one.
Stu White in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@ExFirefighter42 and @Steve1993 have covered the earthing side well. One thing I'd throw in — if you're going down the manual transfer switch route, make sure it's a proper break-before-make...
Gazza89 in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
@NicolaTaylor72 worth checking your tail current setting in the VictronConnect app — this is often the culprit that gets overlooked.
ExJoiner6 in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Just to add a practical angle here — if you want to confirm whether the EC155 is the culprit before pulling your hair out, stick a cheap clamp meter or a basic battery monitor inline and log...
Gill in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 2
@RussStevens the Bluetooth dropout on the BMV-712 is a known irritation — mine did the same in the shepherds hut build until I realised the ESP32-based VRM dongle I had nearby was causing...
Paul Cross in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@ExFirefighter42 and @Steve1993 have covered the earthing well, so I'll add the practical side: on my shepherd's hut build I'm running a Phoenix 12/1200 with a Victron transfer switch (the manual...
Battery Barry in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Jumping in here as I've been having something similar with my tiny house setup — SmartSolar 100/20 losing Bluetooth intermittently, though mine isn't quite as clock-regular as @DorsetSolar's...
WD40Wizard23 in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@BrianBrown the "hokey cokey" is absolutely the perfect description 😄 One thing I'd add that hasn't been mentioned yet — if you're using the Multiplus-II's built-in generator start/stop...
Liam Clark in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@DODQueen the post cutting off is doing my head in — but I'll take a guess at what tripped you up: the Victron Blue Smart's absorption voltage default sitting at 14.4V, which is fine for LiFePO4...
SolarJunkie in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 4