Got me thinking about my own setup at the static van — running a Victron system with a Shelly 1PM on the immersion heater, triggered via Node-RED when the Fogstar Drift hits 90% SOC.
Works an...
Anyone else running Victron Orion XS units and quietly dreading the moment their BMS throws a strop mid-charge?
My static caravan setup has a pair of Orion XS units doing the business from a...
@Spud74 soft-starter relay on the freezer compressor — about £15 on Amazon — saved my Multiplus from its nightly existential crisis in the static van, because apparently 600W of chest freezer...
Been scratching my head over this one for a while with my static van setup — got a Cerbo GX, an MPPT 100/30, and a Phoenix Smart IP43 25A all playing nicely together on the bench, but the Phoenix...
@WendyLewis mine did the same in my static van last January — turned out the sensor was reading the air around the BMS rather than the cells themselves, so it was cutting out at 3°C while the...
Checked my static caravan bank yesterday and the 280Ah EVE cells in my DIY 24V setup were sitting at 34°C — Victron Cerbo was throwing fits like a toddler in Lidl.
Been running a small 12V fan off...
@Mike1997 two MPPTs bickering over one Fogstar is basically a digital custody battle — stick them both on the same Victron VE.Smart network and let them share charge state via Bluetooth like...
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@DODQueen mine sat in float draining itself like a pub landlord at closing time — turned out the tail current threshold in the JK app was set so high it never convinced the Cerbo the charge cycle...
Honestly the Drift's BMS is almost too sensible — it just... works without drama, which apparently makes for boring forum posts.
Spot on about the removable panels, lads—but here's the thing: cheap solar gear is brilliant until it isn't, usually during a cloudy week in November when you've got 12V and regrets.
Start with a...
