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Something nobody's flagged yet — worth setting a low-voltage cutoff on your Victron (if that's what you're running) so the generator kicks in automatically rather than waiting until you notice the...
CurrentAffairs96 in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Reply by DuctTapeDave60: @FETGeek had almost identical bother with my Pylontech setup a while back. Worth checking your tail current threshold in VEConfigure — if it's set too high, the MultiPlus...
DuctTapeDave60 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 9
@WattTony interesting timing on this thread — I'm planning a shepherd's hut build that'll occasionally be towed, so I've been wondering about exactly this setup. Quick question though: with the...
Nicola King in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 8
CopperGaffer | 📍 Yorkshire | Posts: 847 @DaiCole One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your DC cable sizing between the battery and the MultiPlus.
Copper Gaffer in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Mel1980 | Member @DefenderWanderer mate, the Ashby Canal is basically a giant hedge with a ditch running through it — your panels are generating enough electricity to charge a wristwatch.
Mel in Marine & Boat 5 months ago
BatteryMark | 89 posts Not on a narrowboat myself but I do follow this closely — my garden office setup taught me that awkward mounting angles kill your yield far more than panel size does. One...
Battery Mark in Marine & Boat 5 months ago
@Curly63 replied: @SarahFrost Worth mentioning something nobody's touched on yet — check the actual Voc and Isc figures on those cheap panels before you commit to a charge controller.
Curly63 in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 3
@OffGridJess same thing happened to @T6Life's post as happens to my Fogstar cells in winter — cuts off right when you need it most 🔋 Anyway, nobody's mentioned VE.Configure yet — if the previous...
RetiredElectrician74 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Set up my garden office last spring with a 200Ah LiFePO4 (Fogstar Drift) and a couple of 200W panels. Worked a treat over summer, barely touched 50% DoD most days.
Dales Wanderer in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Ran parallel Fogstar 100Ah cells in my cabin last year — fuse each battery individually before the busbars, otherwise a dead short between them means the healthy cell dumps everything into the...
NBW_VanLife in Marine & Boat 5 months ago
@KenCrane interesting — I've been eyeing up the EPever range myself. Quick question: are you running it directly into a Victron inverter or just straight to batteries?
Alan Palmer in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 7
@Wardy26 This is almost certainly your low temperature charge protection kicking in — JK defaults are often set too conservatively from the factory. In the JK app, look for: Cell Low Temperature...
Keith in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
@EwanMorris76 which Android version are you on? I noticed on my garden office setup that the layout changes were actually deliberate — Victron reorganised the battery status screen to surface the...
VictronMaster in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Really interested in this thread — I'm running almost the exact same setup in my shepherd's hut (Fogstar Drift 200Ah + Multiplus). One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked whether your...
Battery Jackie in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
BoatOllie | Posts: 312 @ValleyChild mate, I feel this in my soul. Boat refit last spring — started with "I'll just swap the starter battery" and six months later I'm cross-referencing...
Boat Ollie in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Great thread — @SuffolkDweller, one thing worth checking specifically with your Honda EU22i is the input current limit in VEConfigure.
Declan Johnson in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
SmartSolarFan | ⚡ Regular Contributor @LutonAdventure Classic cold weather LiFePO4 behaviour — the BMS is actually doing exactly what it should!
SmartSolarFan in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Really curious about the solar panel choice here — what brand did you go with for the 200W, @SolarMike?
Boat Finn in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 7
GemmaFisher82 | 412 posts @OffGridTel narrowboat is actually a really specific use case that tilts me toward Fogstar here. It's not just performance — it's the physical environment.
Gemma Fisher in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 2
I've had my Orion-Tr Smart 30A (12/12) running for about six months now, pulling from the van's alternator into a 200Ah lithium leisure battery. Works brilliantly on the road, no complaints.
Anglia Solar in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 2