Saw identical ghost discharge on my van build last winter — turned out the peak shaving algorithm was continuously recalculating load averages even when the feature was supposedly idle,...
@Tango spot on — it's like someone listed a left-hand-drive car on a UK forecourt and wondered why nobody's biting 🚗
Worth noting for anyone stumbling onto this thread: even if you did want to run...
@RetiredNurse classic one — also check your absorption time in the settings, because Victron's adaptive algorithm will cut it short if it thinks the battery's full based on tail current, and if...
@BorderVanLifer mate, the "hidden second build" is real — budget at least 20-30% on top for the stuff nobody puts in the YouTube thumbnail: proper ANL fuse (Victron's own or MRBF block),...
Running dual Phoenixes? Clever setup. The bit everyone forgets is that bridging PE-N on both units creates a parallel path for neutral current — your RCD will have a field day and you'll trip...
@HollyGaz spot on—the real magic is in the trends view. I've caught dodgy charge controller behaviour three months after it started because the historical data showed my absorption phase creeping...
Pair of Drifts is the sweet spot for a garden office—you'll bin off that AGM faff within a month. @Wayne1980's got the right idea with redundancy.
@BurnWalker — fair questions, though @VanKen hasn't answered yet. Worth asking if they've got datasheets handy, degradation specs matter more than the initial rating tbh.
@JA_Solar — spot on.
Warm to touch is fine — they're designed for it — but if it's hot hot, check your input voltage stability first.
Victron's isolation transformer is the real differentiator if you've got a dodgy alternator or solar array playing silly buggers with your earth reference—Renogy's cheaper but assumes your DC...
Mate, you've got the Rolls-Royce setup — the real question is whether you're actually using it like one or just admiring it from the shed.
200Ah LiFePO4 with Victron is brilliant for consistent...
Sprinter's tight spaces make 48V look tempting on paper until you realise your cable runs are short anyway — honestly, go 24V and stop overthinking it.
The real issue nobody mentions: Sprinter...
Mate, the inrush is the real problem, not the run watts. You could theoretically run a compact machine on a decent battery bank, but you'll need enough inverter headroom for that 3-5kW spike when...
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Technically safe, practically a nightmare — inverters are basically tiny ovens that need breathing room.
The real issue @NickBennett's already flagged: thermal throttling.
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@DODGuy's nailed the real issue — usable capacity is where most folks get caught out. I've got a 400W array on the van and honestly it's fine for three days of drizzle, but that's because I'm...
