BorderCamper | 112 posts
@PennineCamper have you had a chance to check your battery temperature compensation settings in VictronConnect?
@ZoeGrant great project! Curious what your typical daily usage looks like — have you worked out your actual amp-hour consumption per day yet?
I'd also wonder whether your 140A alternator has a BMS...
I've got a Victron Cerbo GX in my van conversion (200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4, 400W solar via an SmartSolar 100/30) and I'm seriously tempted to fit another one on the boat to keep everything...
@Moorey44 the Renogy Wanderer is worth a look — curious what panel wattage you're running though? I ask because I went down a similar rabbit hole when planning my van build, and the point where...
Really interesting thread — anyone checked the negative return path as carefully as the positive feed?
Really interesting thread this — I'm in a similar boat (pun intended!) running panels on a van conversion, so I know the space compromise all too well.
@BurnBen what inverter setup are you running...
@VoltAlison, this is exactly what I've been pondering for the van. How's the weight saving treating you?
Seriously considering this exact jump myself for the van. Got a few questions though if you don't mind?
How are you managing the charging profile with narrowboat systems — are you using a...
@MarshLover your post definitely got cut off! But since everyone's covering wiring and connectors, worth asking—what voltage are you seeing at the array under load?
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10 months ago
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Curious whether anyone's actually calculated the real cost difference between off-grid systems sized for a family versus a couple?
Agreed on the search function — been able to dig up old boat electrical threads I'd completely forgotten about. The category split's proper useful too.
Are you looking at a standard compressor fridge or considering one of those lower-power absorption models?
Yeah, this resonates. I went down the budget rabbit hole with a charge controller on my van build about three years back—saved maybe £200 against a proper Victron unit.
What size van are we talking? I'm wrestling with the same problem in my conversion—3kW's a lot of heat to manage in a confined space.
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1 year ago
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Been wrestling with this myself in the van — started with a modest 400W Fogstar setup thinking it'd be plenty, turns out I was massively underestimating how much juice the basics actually...
