Got a bit confused with the Orion XS settings in Victron Connect and hoping someone can clarify.
Running it in my shepherd's hut to charge a 12V lithium bank (Fogstar Drift 100Ah) from the vehicle...
@DevonDweller good to know it's the calibration routine — I had something similar crop up on my shepherd's hut build last winter, though on an older firmware.
Had this exact issue with my shepherd's hut setup last winter. Multiplus was jumping to float way before the batteries were properly topped up — turned out my absorption voltage was set correctly...
Had exactly this with my shepherd's hut setup last summer. Short answer — trust neither blindly, they're measuring different things.
The BMV-712 is doing coulomb counting from a fixed reference...
@LochLover snap! Got one sat behind the Hobbit stove in my hut right now. Picked it up from Facebook Marketplace for a fiver.
Few things I'd add:
Painting it matt black makes a noticeable...
Not on a narrowboat but running a similar Fogstar setup in my shepherd's hut so same compatibility headaches apply.
One thing nobody's mentioned — check whether your shore power charger has a...
@PennineCruiser done similar in my shepherd's hut build, different application but same Victron kit.
@Ray1981 yeah had exactly this with my shepherd's hut setup. Cheap shunts tend to drift badly with LiFePO4 because the flat voltage curve means tiny errors in current measurement snowball into...
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@GlenWard running a shepherd's hut full time so battery reliability actually matters to me day-to-day.
@MuddyRigger had almost identical grief with my shepherd's hut build last summer. Turned out my JK was triggering on cell overvoltage during high charge current on warm days — cells hitting 3.65V...
BigAl27 | 📍 Array | Posts: 847
Running two random 160W mono panels I grabbed off AliExpress about 18 months ago into a SmartSolar 75/15 on my shepherd's hut. Total gamble but honestly?
Been running a Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 in my shepherd's hut for about eight months now and overall it's been solid.
Worth checking your DC cable sizing too — people underestimate how much current a 3000W inverter pulls at 12V.
Not a narrowboat person myself — running Victron in a shepherd's hut — but the kit translates well across setups.
BigAl27 | 312 posts
Yeah, my shepherd's hut forced me into this mindset from the start — no grid connection means you just have to think this way.
Dedicated kit lives in a plastic Really Useful...
