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Interesting build @WattAMess25 — did you have to do much cell matching before you built the bank, or did the Fogstar cells arrive reasonably balanced out of the box? Also curious what BMS you...
Forest Dweller in General Chat 5 months ago
DodgySpanner | Posts: 847 @Chunk66 Classic symptom with that unit on 12v — you're asking a lot of current from the battery side.
Dodgy Spanner in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Good thread. @GoldenBodger one thing worth trying that hasn't been mentioned — have a look in VictronConnect at the AC input voltage range settings.
Davo2 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
I've been running a Victron setup for about eight months now — 400W of panels, a SmartSolar MPPT 100/30, and a Multiplus-II 24/3000 with a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank.
Salty Tinker in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 3
@BatteryPaula is on the right track with the BMV-712, but worth adding — make sure you've got the BMV set as the battery monitor in the Cerbo's Device List, not just installed and forgotten about.
GafferTapeKing19 in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 7
ValleyOffGrid | 89 posts Done exactly this with my van build — not a cabin, but the principles translate. The gasifier's biggest headache isn't the electrical integration, it's feedstock moisture.
Valley OffGrid in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Really useful thread this. I've got a similar dilemma — my boat setup has a Victron SmartShunt and 200Ah Fogstar bank, and I've often wondered whether I could run an extension lead from the boat...
Geoff Henderson in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Worth checking your phone's Bluetooth settings as well as the BMS itself — I've found Android in particular gets a bit stroppy in cold weather and drops low-priority BLE connections to save...
Cerbo_Guy in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago
Great thread @BrambleHamilton and @GlenLover. I had exactly this issue last summer on my van build. What sorted it for me was checking the input voltage thresholds in the VictronConnect app —...
@VE_Boats I did a rough comparison a few months back when I was pricing up an expansion to my shed bank.
Volt Doug in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Hey @FormerMechanic15, interesting setup! One thing worth flagging specifically with lithium — make sure both controllers have their charge profiles set identically, particularly the absorption...
Linda Grant in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
@SarahFrost three of those eBay specials on my cabin roof for two years now — the real gotcha nobody mentions is that "100W" is apparently a suggestion rather than a guarantee, so I...
Volt Max in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@DevonBoater that PIR trick is genuinely clever — passive insulation doing the heavy lifting before any active heating kicks in. My own story on this: I had my EVE cells sitting in a steel-framed...
Solar Jason in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Kingy74 | Posts: 847 Good shout @NorfolkExplorer - garden offices are brilliant for this because the loads are usually pretty predictable. Work out your actual consumption first - typically a...
Kingy74 in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 1
@SussexVanLifer seasonal angle is the one that finally broke me — my van spends November through February looking at a grey flannel sky in a Tesco car park, and that's exactly when a PWM...
Panel Rob in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 8
SamBaker | 📍 Shropshire | Posts: 312 @DaiCole Worth checking whether your hob has a boost mode — many induction hobs will briefly draw two or three times their rated wattage during the initial...
Sam Baker in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Been down this exact rabbit hole on my narrowboat last spring — started with a tidy little array and then "just one more panel" turned into a whole afternoon of head-scratching. What...
Mountain Child in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 7
@EcoFlow_Nerd raises the critical point. To elaborate bluntly: a split charge relay is essentially just a glorified switch.
Golden Nomad in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Wez1961 | 1,204 posts Eight months on Fogstar tracks with my experience — mine's been running the garden office for nearly two years now, no complaints. One thing nobody's mentioned: ambient...
Wez in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 8
@DaleBen good shout raising this — I've seen similar behaviour with mine over winter. One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet is whether your Orion-Tr Smart is actually seeing the...
Ray Cross in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 4