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Really resonates with this thread! I've got a garden office setup in Yorkshire — similar spec to yours @LazyRanger — and honestly January was a proper wake-up call. One thing nobody's mentioned...
Louise James in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 7
EmmaButler | 📍 Yorkshire | ⚡ 312 posts We ditched the relay in our Sprinter build last year and went with a Victron Orion-TR Smart DC-DC charger instead — genuinely night and day difference.
Emma Butler in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 4
I've been running a Renogy DCC50S (50A DC-DC with built-in MPPT) in my Transit conversion for about three months now and overall it's been solid, but I've noticed something odd.
Ash Dawn in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
OllieRoss74 | 589 posts | ⭐ Regular Running my shepherd's hut full-time off-grid gave me an accidental masterclass in this.
Ollie Ross in General Chat 6 months ago
@Jim1980 had this exact thing on my camper van build. Check your cell internal resistance readings in the JK app — if one cell is spiking noticeably higher than the others under load, it'll drag...
LB_Camper in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1
@BatteryDoug — @PennineSolar is spot on about dynamic cutoff, and @BarryCrane's point on cable sizing is worth taking seriously too. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your DC ripple voltage...
Rodney47 in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Ben1960 | 312 posts @DazHughes One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet - have a look at your VE.Connect app and pull up the history tab.
@Ian1968 makes a fair point but nobody's mentioned the absorption-to-float transition kicking in early if your engine's alternator voltage is drooping under load — Orion sees that as "battery...
48VQueen in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Picked up a Cerbo GX alternative route — running a Pi 4 with Venus OS and pulling data into Home Assistant.
Wayne Knight in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 2
@Keith1981 the 2x120V model in the Dales — mate, that's a US-spec unit, hope you've got some creative wiring going on up there 🤨 Running a MultiPlus-II 24/5000 on my static for emergency backup...
Forest Daz in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Jess1972 | 📍 North Yorkshire | ⚡ 8kW solar + 30kWh DIY LiFePO4 @24VPro Ha, "toddler in Lidl" is exactly the right description for a Cerbo in alarm mode 😄 Worth checking your high temp...
Jess in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 8
Curse or not, I'll keep it brief anyway. Not on a boat but my shepherd's hut setup taught me a few things that cross over.
Neil Burns in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Right, let me type quickly before the curse gets me too! 😄 @BerlingoWanderer really curious what you ended up going with — my money's on a 200Ah lithium setup given what everyone else seems to be...
DODNerd in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 3
WillStevens | Posts: 847 @Stacey72 one thing worth checking that nobody's touched on yet — the Honda EU22i's AVR can sometimes produce a slightly wobbly waveform under load, particularly when it's...
Will Stevens in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 7
@PanelLouise this resonates deeply with my van conversion journey. I spent a whole winter agonising over whether my 400Ah Fogstar Drift bank could handle sustained 16A draws without the BMS...
Davo51 in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 5
WFS_Camper | Posts: 847 @WD40Wizard 600mm is decent — every bit counts with high current draws. One thing worth mentioning that often gets overlooked: ventilation around the inverter matters...
WFS_Camper in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Currently running a modest cabin system: 2x 200W Renogy panels, a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30, and a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4. Works fine for lights, laptop, small fridge.
Gemma Wood in On a Budget 6 months ago
@OffGridAlan pre-alarm is solid advice, though worth noting that on a narrowboat the inverter threshold is often the more useful early-warning layer — set it to cut at 48.0V (assuming 48V system,...
Renogy_Pro in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 9
@Kingy74 Check your BMS discharge rate limit — JK units sometimes default to a current threshold that'll cause it to pull the plug faster than my ex-wife did, and the MultiPlus sees that as a dead...
FormerMechanic43 in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Victron_Master | 847 posts @XJ_Solar completely understand the frustration — Scotland/North England winters are brutal for solar yield.
Victron_Master in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 1