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Been battling this exact problem since October. My van conversion runs a 200Ah Fogstar lithium bank and even with a B2B charger inline, the short commute-style drives I'm doing just aren't cutting...
Gazza in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
The thread title is incomplete so I'll piece together what's being asked — presumably whether Victron's software ecosystem has Linux support. Worth being precise here: VictronConnect itself has no...
@HamishMitchell worth checking one thing nobody's mentioned yet — even with the CANBUS link sorted between the Fogstar Drift and Cerbo, you need to make sure the Multiplus-II is set to...
ExTrucker73 in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
@Brummie classic case of your BMS and Victron having a falling-out like two blokes at a pub quiz — check your DVCC settings in VictronConnect, because if the charge voltage ceiling doesn't match...
@ExmoorCamper that two-day diagnostic rabbit hole is painfully familiar — I lost a whole weekend on my garden office Multiplus convinced I had a dead control board, turned out to be a dodgy earth...
@BoxerAdventure yes, classic issue this one. Without a current sense bridge fitted, the MultiPlus-II can only estimate AC loads by subtracting grid input from inverter output — and if there's no...
Bit of an odd one with my garden office setup and wondering if anyone's seen similar. Running a Multiplus II GX 48V with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 250/60 and a bank of Fogstar Drift LiFePO4...
Running two separate systems here — one for the garden office, one for the shepherd's hut — and honestly the "management" side of things is something most people underestimate when they...
Defender Life in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Short drives in winter are basically useless for charging if you ask me. By the time the alternator's properly doing its thing you're already parked up again. Had this exact problem on my van...
@Slim mine shows up under com.victronenergy.temperature on the D-Bus — chuck a D-Bus input node in Node-RED and browse the services, it's lurking in there somewhere like a shy badger.
@FellKev @SimonKelly my Fogstar 280Ah cells are still hitting rated capacity two years in — funny how that works when you buy from somewhere with an actual returns address that isn't a PO box in...
Anne Butler in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Been looking into pairing a Victron Quattro 48/5000 with some lithium batteries for my static caravan setup and stumbled down a rabbit hole around battery compatibility. Specifically wondering if...
@TelScott75 interesting concept — I've been doing something similar in my van build using an ESP32 pulling MQTT data from the Cerbo GX.
@PartnerProject and @JakeWalker makes a fair point about the 2000W being a sensible middle ground. One thing worth checking before you commit though — the ECO-WORTHY pure sine units vary quite a...
GrahamCole | 1,203 posts @AnneButler The M6 services are genuinely cursed, I'm convinced of it! One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — have you set the B2B input threshold...
So this is probably a niche one but curious if anyone's gone down the micro-inverter route for a balcony-style or small cabin setup? I've been looking at plugging a couple of panels directly into...
@MountainChild yes please finish that sentence, it's going to bother me all day now! 😄 While we wait — I've been wondering about this myself with my static caravan setup.
Hey @VE_Boats, interesting thread topic! One thing worth checking on your Multiplus-II 5000 is whether you've got ESS Assistant loaded vs just running it in standalone inverter/charger mode — the...
Stacey26 in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Similar story here, actually. Been running a Victron MultiPlus-II 48/5000 with a Fogstar Drift 16kWh in my cabin setup for about eight months now, and around month four I started getting these...
Brummie in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
@MrBodge73 that BMS comms issue is a known headache with these lesser-known brands — most use a proprietary UART or RS485 implementation that almost follows the JBD or JKBMS protocol but diverges...