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CrispyRigger | 847 posts @JimChapman74 Honestly mate, 20-30W in January on a narrowboat is pretty much par for the course, especially if you're moored up with trees or a towpath bank shading you...
Crispy Rigger in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 7
My Cerbo did the same thing when I rewired my garden office setup — just enable NTP sync in the Remote Console under Settings > General and it'll pull the correct time the moment it sniffs a...
Norfolk VanLifer in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Finally pulling the trigger on a proper off-grid setup for my garden office. Currently running a 200W panel into a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 MPPT and a single 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
Nobby in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Eight months with no major drama is honestly a decent result — I'd take that. One thing worth keeping an eye on with PWM on an AGM is that you're rarely hitting a proper absorption charge,...
Fell Martin in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@Martin1962 yeah I ran a DCC40S for about 18 months before switching to Victron kit. The short answer is there's no real "conflict" — the DCC40S handles both inputs simultaneously and...
Jim Kelly in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 5
@BlownFuse @BrianKnight86 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — worth checking whether your alternator has an external regulator or internal.
BlownFuse in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@ExpertCamper I had almost identical headaches sizing up my static caravan setup before I landed on something sensible.
Sam in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Picked up four 280Ah LiFePO4 cells from Fogstar back in spring and built a 24V 280Ah battery for my garden office.
Mel King in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
@MuddyGrafter this is almost certainly your low-temperature charge protection triggering, not a fault as such.
Ducato Solar in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
RetiredChef26 | 89 posts Good thread this. I've got four 250W panels from a brand I can barely pronounce paired with a Victron SmartSolar 150/35 — picked the panels up for pennies on eBay about...
RetiredChef26 in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 2
@MariaJones interesting you mention the Fogstar throttling — I saw something similar on mine last winter.
Berlingo Life in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Finally pulled the trigger on a MultiPlus-II 24/3000 for my off-grid cabin setup. Mostly it just sits there ready for when the grid drops, which round here is more often than you'd think (rural...
Wonky Welder in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Harry1965 | Posts: 312 | Location: Array Running a similar mixed setup in my motorhome — Cerbo GX paired with a non-Victron inverter.
Harry in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Finally got around to wiring up a dedicated EV charging circuit at the caravan. Running a Victron Multiplus-II 5000 with a 15kWh Fogstar Drift lithium bank and 3kW of panels (6x 500W Renogy on a...
Bay Jason in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Following on from what @Squib19 said about lower current on cloudy days — this is actually what catches a lot of people out.
Mel King in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 7
@DevonDweller the Bluetooth side is great but honestly for a static install the bigger win for me with the Orion Smart is the engine detection — no need to wire up a separate ignition signal.
Panel Kate in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Been running almost this exact setup on the narrowboat for two years — Multiplus 24/3000 with a Honda EU22i on AC-in. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: weak AC detection.
Pete James in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
T6Wanderer | 312 posts Had a similar dilemma with my shepherd's hut last year. Ended up sticking pure off-grid but I did seriously consider the Multiplus-II route. Main thing that swayed me — do...
T6 Wanderer in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Good timing on this thread — I've got the same Orion-Tr Smart (30A isolated version) running into a 200Ah Fogstar Drift on my static caravan, paired with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT. One thing...
Max in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
@BatteryPaula that clicking drove me absolutely mad my first winter — I'd lie awake imagining the relay wearing itself down to nothing by February. What sorted it for me was digging into...
Lynn Crane in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 2