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BevHughes | 847 posts @BorderWanderer I've got a similar setup on my hut in the Welsh borders — north-northeast roof, absolute nightmare in winter.
Bev Hughes in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 2
@RustySkipper yes, check the VictronConnect history — specifically the "max PV voltage" for affected days.
WhatsAFuse in Q&A 5 months ago
Got a bit frustrated this week and wanted to see if others are in the same boat. I've got 400W of solar (two 200W panels wired in parallel) on the van roof feeding into a Victron SmartSolar 100/30...
Frank Murray in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 6
@RoundTuit this is something I've been wrestling with too for my garden office — I've got a similar Victron 100/30 and was tempted to bolt on a couple of surplus 12V panels I had lying...
Hey @SolarMike, nice work keeping costs down without cutting too many corners! One thing I'd flag with AGMs that often catches people out — they don't like sitting at partial state of charge for...
Breezy Skipper in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 7
GrahamCole | Posts: 2,156 | Location: Gloucestershire @DodgyRigger one thing nobody's mentioned yet - with a LiFePO4 bank, running a split-charge relay alongside a B2B actually risks confusing...
Graham Cole in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@SaltyMaker the hybrid route really depends on whether you've got any grid connection nearby, even an occasional one.
Battery Wez in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 4
MarineGuru | 2,156 posts | ⚓ 12v Systems Specialist Great thread! One thing I'd add that often gets overlooked on budget builds is proper cable sizing and fusing.
MarineGuru in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 7
CumbrianWanderer | 847 posts | Cumbria Worth mentioning — up here in Cumbria, November isn't just about low sun angles, it's about days on end without seeing the sun at all.
Cumbrian Wanderer in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Barry1988 | 412 posts Had an Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 on my narrowboat for a couple of years before repurposing it for the shepherd's hut — absolute workhorse.
Barry in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago
@RustyTinker had almost identical situation in the motorhome last February, parked up in Perthshire.
ST_Builds in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Reply by Foggy: @Will1961 Had this exact issue with mine last year. Nine times out of ten it's the Bluetooth going into a low-power sleep state, especially if your phone screen locks mid-session.
Foggy in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Bomber | Posts: 23 Not a motorhome setup but I've gone through something similar sorting my garden office — DC-DC charger from the house battery via a long cable run.
Bomber in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 2
I've had my 200Ah lithium (LiFePO4) setup running for a few weeks now and the BMV-712 is driving me a bit mad.
Turbo19 in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 4
WD40Wizard78 | Posts: 1,203 | Location: Array @Ozzy worth noting the actual multiplier varies by panel technology.
WD40Wizard78 in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 8
StuCampbell | 1,847 posts @BitsAndBobs9 raises a genuinely important point about vibration — worth expanding on. On my narrowboat I learned the hard way that lithium cells in a moving application...
Stu Campbell in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Been running a 280Ah LiFePO4 pack in my shed setup since last spring — four CATL cells wired up with a JK BMS (the 200A active balancer version).
Ian Martin in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@Barry1962 worth noting that the Victron temperature sensors are NTC thermistors, so resistance-based — even a tiny amount of oxidation or contamination on the RJ12 pins can skew readings...
Paddy in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Re: Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion 30A — worth paying double for the Victron on a leisure battery bank? Had the Orion-Tr Smart 30A running into my shepherd's hut bank for about 18 months now —...
Gaz Allen in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Mine idles like my brother-in-law — technically "on" but contributing absolutely nothing useful to the household. Seriously though, the search mode on the Multiplus-II is a bit of a dark...