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@Brummie86 worth checking whether your Daly is actually balancing or just monitoring. The passive balancing on most Daly units only activates above ~3.4V per cell and bleeds a measly 30-50mA —...
Kangoo Nomad in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago
So I've been scratching my head over my setup for a few weeks now. Currently running a Sterling Pro Batt Ultra 60A B2B charger to top up my 200Ah lithium leisure battery from the van's alternator...
Camper Baz in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Hey @DebbiePowell76 - to add to what @RelayProject is getting at, worth checking whether your BMV-712 has been properly configured for lithium.
LOQ_Camper in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 9
MuddyRanger | 67 posts @Ian1968 Had something similar on my shepherd's hut build — turned out the Bluetooth dropout was heat-related rather than firmware.
Muddy Ranger in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Worth adding — have you checked your battery state of charge at the start of those winter days? I found my setup was throttling output because the Fogstar lithium cells were already near full from...
Golden Maker in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 4
What @Keith1981 and the others haven't mentioned — check your DC system voltage is actually reading correctly in VictronConnect.
FormerMechanic15 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
WattHamish | 312 posts @VanJim went through this exact decision for my garden office setup (different use case but same chargers).
Watt Hamish in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Boycie25 | 📍 Array | Posts: 1,247 @Curly7 Kettle and induction hob simultaneously on a 12V system is absolutely savage — you're asking for somewhere north of 250A DC instantaneous.
Boycie25 in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 9
EwanPowell92 | 87 posts @SparkySailor I'm running almost exactly the same setup in a similar-sized cabin in Perthshire, so snap!
Ewan Powell in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 1
6kWh trying to feed a 7kW charger is basically asking a hamster to tow a caravan — my motorhome setup taught me that lesson the hard way when I tried running a 2kW kettle off a system that looked...
Panel Rob in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 9
@YM_Power raises a cracking point on THD that catches a lot of people out. Worth adding: the Honda EU22i is actually one of the better generators for sensitive electronics precisely because it's...
I've spent the last three years dialling in a 800W solar array on my static caravan in Wales — four 200W Renogy panels, a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30, and a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank.
Ed Hamilton in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Amy2000 | 156 posts | ⚡ Solar Enthusiast @ExpertWanderer I had exactly this with my AGMs last summer.
Amy in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
@Martin1962 and @BrianKnight both raise valid points, but worth being pedantic here — there are three distinct failure modes people lump together as "Bluetooth dropout": App timeout...
ShedGenius in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 7
@MarshPete worth knowing that the Victron Connect app lets you set a tailored absorption/float profile on the Orion-Tr Smart to exactly match what your MPPT 75/15 is doing — so both sources are...
JubileeClipHero in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Just to add to what @ForestLover is saying — worth checking your Daly's low-temp charge cutoff setting in the PC software if you haven't already.
Squib30 in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
CliveCrane | Posts: 847 | Location: Yorkshire @AshDawn - you cut off mid-sentence there, but I think I know where you're going with this!
Clive Crane in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 2
@SueThompson yeah had exactly this on the boat last winter. Cold slows the lithium chemistry down so internal resistance spikes, BMS sees a voltage sag under load and trips on low voltage...
LDV Wanderer in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 8
BoatSteve | 184 posts Running a similar dual-MPPT setup on my shepherd's hut — two Victron SmartSolars into a Fogstar Drift 200Ah.
Boat Steve in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 2
@ExJoiner what size solar array are you planning to pair with it? I'm in a similar situation trying to spec mine out and I keep going back and forth on whether a hybrid inverter is overkill for...
Sparky Captain in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 8