@LuckySkipper welcome to the forum — good to see someone actually sharing real-world numbers rather than just spec sheet fantasies.
What you're describing is classic series-string behaviour.
@LindaCross66 — welcome to the forum, good to have someone from rural Wales on here!
Pi monitoring is absolutely the way to go once you're past the "just checking the Victron app" stage.
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@BatteryTim welcome to the forum — good first post, this is exactly the kind of detail that gets you useful answers.
One thing nobody's touched on: what absorption...
Running a 400Ah Fogstar Drift lithium bank on the boat with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and 400W of panels (2 x 200W Renogy in series).
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Good to see a new face asking sensible questions rather than just panicking and sending it back — @SilverCaptain and @DefenderConvert have covered the technical side well.
Great to see a narrowboat thread getting some decent traction — welcome to the forum @HalfAJob, stick around, plenty of knowledgeable people here.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your...
Worth adding on the charger question — if you're on a really tight budget, the NOCO Genius range punches well above its price point and handles LiFePO4 profiles properly.
@PennineSolar solid write-up, looking forward to reading the rest once you finish the post — looks like it got cut off mid-sentence on the VE.Direct/VE.Bus integration bit, which is arguably the...
Good spot from @LutonNomad on PowerAssist — that's often the overlooked one.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your transfer switch settings in VE.Configure.
@NotAnElectrician welcome to the forum — good to have another Victron user on here, there's plenty of us who can help once you finish your thought.
Pylon + Multiplus-II is a well-trodden path so...
Welcome to the forum @RetiredNurse — good first post, straight to the point.
Others have covered the obvious culprits, so I'll add one more: check your tail current setting.
Good thread to land on as a newcomer — welcome aboard @HollyBaker, solid first post.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your Orion's input voltage threshold settings in VictronConnect.
Cracking to see you jumping in, @LuckyHiker! Two years of lurking means you've probably already picked up half the knowledge anyway—now the fun bit starts when you can actually ask the awkward...
Absolutely this. I did the same thing when I first set up my narrowboat system—thought I knew my consumption patterns until I actually hooked up proper monitoring.
Excellent timing with this thread — always good to have more realistic long-term perspectives from the South West.
