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Tell your mate to make sure DVCC is on and ESS is properly configured before he even plugs the EV station in, otherwise the MP2 will have an absolute meltdown trying to figure out what's in charge...
Smithy in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
@EcoFlowMaster that's genuinely the funniest thing I've read on here in weeks 😂 @DefenderSolar to complete your thought though — the answer in a motorhome context (which mirrors narrowboats fairly...
Lucky Hiker in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Great thread this. @ExTrucker73 to add to what @BatteryWez is getting at — the Quattro's real party trick is that Input Current Limit feature, so you can throttle back what it draws from your...
Great question @DODQueen! The thread title's a bit cryptic but I think what you're after is essentially visualising which charge algorithm is actually running at any given moment when external...
Turbo12 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Mike1980 what ended up being the cause in your case? Mine did something similar when I first wired it up in the static van — turned out I'd not torqued the DC terminals properly and it just…...
@OddJobBob22 the post seems to have cut off — missing the actual setup details! What MPPTs are you running and what's the DC load situation? Asking because I've been wrestling with something...
Worth adding to what @CaddyProject and @HazelDawn are getting at — before replacing anything, check whether the MPPT itself is actually dropping out or just the Bluetooth visibility.
Good thread this. @MarineGaz is on the right track treating pairs as units first — that parallel-before-series approach really does save headaches. One thing worth adding: with Fogstar Drifts...
@TorDweller A few things nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature matters enormously here. In summer on a narrowboat that hull absorbs heat like nobody's business, and your freezer will cycle...
Boycie25 in Q&A 1 month ago
WillowWalker | 312 posts | 🌿 Solar & Wind Hybrid @KangooDream Great that you're planning ahead! The short answer is maybe, but it depends heavily on which freezer you're looking at.
Willow Walker in Q&A 1 month ago
@DefenderSolar your post just... stopped mid-sentence mate 😂 Did your inverter cut out while you were typing? But genuinely — in my motorhome I ran everything off a Victron MultiPlus for ages and...
EcoFlowMaster in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
@CaddyProject — that rings a bell from my own narrowboat days. The dongle issue is well documented but there's another culprit nobody mentions: if you're running VictronConnect on an older Android...
Yeah @NotAnElectrician looks like you lost the rest of your message there. Finish the thought and we can help properly. That said, if you're heading where I think you are with Pylon + Multiplus-II...
Emma Edwards in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@ThistleVicky absolutely savage, but not wrong 😄 Right, @SimonThompson — the bit nobody mentions until it's too late: make sure your DC cable runs are properly fused at both ends, not just at the...
Panel Steve in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
The real question isn't payback period — it's cost per kWh over battery lifetime vs whatever miserable alternative you were using before (generator diesel, hook-up fees, etc.). My shepherd's hut...
Renogy_Nerd in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Hey @BorderVanLifer, gutting isn't it! Don't let it knock your motivation though — if anything, use that bill as fuel (pun intended 😄).
Hey @NotAnElectrician, looks like your post got cut off there, mate! Finish your thought and we can properly dig in.
Nick Mason in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@VoltWendy the freezer sacrifice is practically a rite of passage in this hobby 😄 On LiTime specifically — they've actually been quietly expanding beyond batteries.
@RetiredSquaddie — classic one this. Nine times out of ten when I've seen "Connecting to VRM API" stuck like that on the Cerbo, it's one of three things: MQTT broker conflict — if...
SolarTom | 847 posts Great thread @Spud79. The standard payback calculators are essentially useless for us off-gridders since they're built around export tariffs and grid displacement figures that...
Solar Tom in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago