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Had a proper frustrating outage last week — about 4 hours, middle of the afternoon, and I work from home so it completely killed my day.
Gary Lewis in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Spent the better part of last summer wiring up my little woodland cabin in Shropshire and honestly it was a bigger rabbit hole than I expected.
DontPanic25 in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
AngliaSolar replied: @Lisa1978 Worth checking your MultiPlus settings in VE.Configure — specifically the DC input low shutdown voltage.
Anglia Solar in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Something worth factoring in that I haven't seen mentioned yet — the cell matching on Fogstar Drift packs is noticeably tighter than most generic stuff I've handled.
Les Crane in On a Budget 5 months ago
@MickDavies had exactly this on my boat last winter with a smaller inverter, but I've read that the Multiplus 2 3000 has a PowerAssist feature that might actually be your friend here — have you...
Nicola Taylor in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
SussexWanderer | 134 posts @HighlandOffGrid Great thread. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — moisture content of your wood is absolutely critical with gasifiers, far more so than with a regular...
Sussex Wanderer in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 2
FormerMariner24 | Posts: 312 Worth adding the bypass diode angle here. Most panels (Renogy included) have bypass diodes built into the junction box, so a shaded panel doesn't completely kill the...
FormerMariner24 in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Mine's a Multiplus 12/3000/120 feeding a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 setup in my hut, and every time the wind picks up and a cloud rolls over, it's click-click-clicking between grid assist and...
Battery Paula in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
@VanBarry worth adding a practical concern that hasn't been mentioned yet — even with a lead-acid leisure battery, that relay is connecting two batteries of potentially very different states of...
PylontechMaster in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Really useful thread, @MasterSolar. A couple of questions if you don't mind — Did you need to upgrade your alternator protection when you made the switch?
Kelly Robinson in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Yeah, @Ken1999 I had exactly this with mine last autumn. Worth checking what temperature sensor position you've actually got in the JK app — the default low temp cutoff is often set to something...
Jonno25 in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Last week we had a proper cold snap here in Yorkshire and my 280Ah LiFePO4 bank (four 3.2V EVE cells) just shut down completely overnight.
KentExplorer | 847 posts Running a hybrid Victron Multiplus on my static in Kent — honestly the grid-assist feature alone saved my bacon last winter when three consecutive grey weeks nearly...
Kent Explorer in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 5
@24V_Queen great thread — running something similar on my narrowboat, which adds its own interesting wrinkles! I've got a Multiplus-II 24/5000 feeding a Mode 2 EVSE (7.2kW unit dialled right back...
Gazza25 in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 9
AGM_Pro | 87 posts @ForestJenny interesting timing — I've been eyeing up the exact same Fogstar Drift setup for my narrowboat.
AGM_Pro in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago
JoeFisher | Posts: 612 | Location: Derbyshire Made the same swap about 18 months ago, @Davo2, and haven't looked back.
Joe Fisher in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 1
NickThompson65 | 203 posts @PikeGazer had exactly this battle last year on our 58-footer. Ended up running two 200W panels on a custom mild steel frame bolted to the cabin roof, angled slightly...
Nick Thompson in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 7
DorsetExplorer | 847 posts Not a muppet at all, @EcoFlow_Nerd — genuinely solid setup for a static! 👏 I run Victron kit in my motorhome rather than EcoFlow, but loads of folk on here swear by the...
Dorset Explorer in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 8
WattBaz | Posts: 1,203 To add to what @EssexExplorer is getting at — with series wiring, current is the same throughout the string, so the shaded panel becomes the bottleneck and drags the whole...
Watt Baz in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Hey @PeteDixon89, decent score at that price! To check your Daly BMS is actually doing its job, grab the Daly Smart BMS app via Bluetooth dongle (they're a few quid on eBay) — it'll show you...
Tim Graham in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 2