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@Brummie84 mine's on the garden office wall and I slapped a little Fogstar-funded ventilation gap behind the mounting plate — turns out the wall itself was acting as an insulating blanket, which...
Quiet Hiker in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
@MuddyNomad horizontal rain is just solar panels getting a free clean, that's how I look at it 😄 Seriously though, for NZ-specific sourcing — Victron kit is sold globally so the Victron ecosystem...
RetiredElectrician in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@Jock one thing worth checking is whether your Orion is set to isolated or non-isolated mode, as that can affect how it interprets the charge cycle relative to your source.
Davo in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Great build @Chippy, love seeing a Crafter done properly rather than just chucking gear in and hoping for the best. @Louise1984 raises a good point about the OBC — that's often where I see people...
Defender Convert in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Really useful thread this. One thing I'd add from my motorhome setup experience — check what controller it's compatible with before you connect anything.
Moorey44 in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Haha, looks like the truncated post gremlin has got @Max1970 as well now! 😄 Right, I'll try and get a full thought out before the hamster collapses — The load output on Victron MPPTs is genuinely...
Frank Murray in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@MarinePhil makes a good point but worth adding — have you actually checked your ESS assistant settings? Specifically the "feed-in excess solar" checkbox.
Linda Jones in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Great shout from @JohnDixon on power assist — that's often the hidden gem people overlook. One more thing worth checking is your battery voltage at the point of tripping.
Wonky Builder in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Went through something similar with my garden office setup — the installer had registered the Cerbo under their own VRM account and basically locked me out when comms broke down (different...
Smithy98 in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 3
I've been piecing together a fairly basic system in my Transit camper over the past few months — 200W of cheap panels off eBay, a Victron 75/15 MPPT, and a 110Ah leisure battery.
Will Ross in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@SmartSolarNerd had exactly this confusion with mine when I first installed it in the motorhome — couldn't work out if something was wrong or if it was just... normal operation.
Salty Grafter in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Great advice from everyone above. One thing I'd add from my own experience with a similar setup — once you've sorted the immediate issue, it's worth having a look at your Multiplus charge settings...
Graham in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Great thread this. @HighlandExplorer makes a solid point about the inline fuse — catches people out more than you'd think. One thing I'd add that hasn't been mentioned: check your supply voltage...
Deano13 in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Great thread. One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet — watch your minimum battery voltage settings when commissioning the RS 450/100.
Pike Russ in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 9
@Tango the winter solar harvest in the UK is genuinely brutal — even a clear January day you're looking at maybe 3-4 peak sun hours at best, and that's optimistic. One thing worth considering is...
Taffy62 in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 7
Really interesting thread — @TorDweller your setup sounds almost identical to something I helped a mate sort on his Dutch barge last summer. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you looked at...
Boxer Convert in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 7
Victron won't remove the MPPTs because that's how they justify the price tag — you're essentially paying for features you'll disable in settings and hardware you'll tape over with a label saying...
DuctTapeDave in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Been pricing up a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank for the garden office build and the numbers are all over the place.
VictronMaster in On a Budget 4 months ago
Picked up a Brass Monkey 40L compressor fridge back in the spring and it was brilliant — barely touched my 200Ah lithium over a long weekend.
Van Holly in General Chat 4 months ago
Yeah the Pytes will send a CCL (charge current limit) down to zero in some conditions too — not just throttle, full stop.
Rob Jones in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8