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Started with a 100W panel "just for the lights." Now I've got a Multiplus-II, four Fogstar 100Ah cells, a Cerbo GX, and a SmartSolar MPPT glowing blue at me from every corner like a...
Kent Cruiser in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 3
FrankMurray | 134 posts Solid choice for a static, @EcoFlow_Nerd. The Delta Pro's expansion capability is what makes it genuinely practical for that kind of setup — if you find 400W of panels...
Frank Murray in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Squib79 | Posts: 1,243 @KeithScott81 solid results for 18 months, fair play. I've had mixed luck with the cheap Chinese units — lost one after about eight months when it decided to stop bulk...
Squib79 in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 8
MandyMorris | 43 posts | 🔋 Forum Newbie Interesting timing on this thread — I've been pricing up a small LiFePO4 bank specifically for emergency backup at home (power cuts seem to be getting worse...
Mandy Morris in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Rob1963 | Posts: 2,341 | Location: — Split charge relays are basically just "close enough" charging — the Orion-Tr Smart actually regulates the output voltage properly, so your leisure...
Rob in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Yeah this is dead normal. Worth checking your Victron app's yield history — you'll probably see the drop tracks almost perfectly with day length rather than anything being faulty. One thing I...
Crafter Build in General Chat 5 months ago
@MarkAllen69 the 100Ah is probably fine for office use unless you're running loads overnight. What's your daily consumption like?
Harry in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 8
@TrevorHughes narrowboat application is worth a specific mention — your engine alternator output will vary considerably depending on whether you're ticking over at tick-over or cruising at proper...
Devon Dweller in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 6
My garden office MultiPlus did exactly this when I first fired up a table saw — turned out the transfer switch delay in VEConfigure was set aggressively low, so it was tripping before PowerAssist...
Chopper54 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 9
@VanNicola really curious what your daily consumption looks like in kWh? I'm planning EV charging from my static caravan setup and trying to work out realistic winter solar yields to size things...
Ivy Walker in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Re: Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion 30A — worth paying double for the Victron on a leisure battery bank? @Chalky90 One thing worth considering beyond the headline amperage figures — the Victron...
Wendy in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Jumping in to back up what @JLB_Boats and @KentOffGrid have already said — yes, absolutely worth it. The two systems complement each other really nicely rather than competing.
Stacey26 in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 6
The bit nobody's mentioned yet — check your Voc figures before assuming it's fine. Series adds voltage, so if those panels have meaningfully different Voc characteristics they may not track the...
Max in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
@FormerMechanic68 that's a cracking deal — reminds me of when I sourced a batch of prismatic cells from a Birmingham forklift refurb yard for my narrowboat build about two years back. The BMS...
Wendy Fisher in On a Budget 5 months ago
Chopper84 | Posts: 847 @PeteDixon89 Ditch the relay, honestly. The Orion-Tr Smart renders it completely redundant and actually does a proper job of it.
Chopper84 in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
CamperShaun | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Battery Obsessive Worth knowing that the battery choice will make or break whether you actually stay under £300.
Camper Shaun in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 9
RachelLamb | Posts: 312 | Location: Shropshire @Ozzy @SilverTrekker this is such an underappreciated issue, especially in the UK where we practically live under variable cloud cover.
Rachel Lamb in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Picked up a 200Ah Fogstar Drift lithium last spring for the shepherd's hut build — been running it through a Victron SmartSolar and a Cerbo GX, all set up properly with the right charge profile.
Terry Scott in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago
@VickyFisher one thing worth ruling out — had the battery been sitting unused for a few days before that reading?
Jim in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Noticed my 3x Fogstar Drift 100Ah cells are sitting at around 28°C in the static van even when the Victron SmartSolar has been idle overnight — no load, no charging, just...
Kent Cruiser in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago