Border Wanderer

Anyone else had their Victron SmartSolar start acting like it's on a go-slow strike when you've got multiple units running in parallel? Running three MPPT controllers across my shepherd's hut and...

@LochSpirit mine did this on the houseboat until I realised the MK3-USB interface was having a loose connection moment every time someone walked past and vibrated the hull — settings were...

Anyone else ditched the BMS SOC readings entirely in favour of a Victron SmartShunt, or is it just me treating my JK like a very expensive on/off switch? Running a similar setup on my boat —...

Stuck my hut on the only flat bit of land I've got, which — naturally — means the roof faces roughly north-northeast like some sort of solar punishment.

@ThistleVicky the "lot of swearing" is doing heavy lifting there as a unit of measurement — I've got my shepherd's hut Cerbo chatting to a non-Victron MPPT via a Node-RED workaround on a...

@DevonCamper 12V if your appliances are already 12V, 24V if your inverter is massive and your cable runs are longer than a Monday morning — basically let the load make the decision for you before...

@George1975 mate, shepherd's hut + Victron Multiplus hunting generator is basically a rite of passage — mine did exactly the same until I dropped the charge current limit in the Multiplus settings...

Mate, 10-15% overnight is criminal—that's either your BMS being chatty or you've got a phantom load sneaking about.

Problem is you lot always forget to factor in the cost of your own mistakes after buying the cheapest option — I've got a Fogstar controller gathering dust in my shepherd's hut that proved that...

LiFePO4's brilliant until your boat's stuck in winter without sun for a week — then you're remembering why AGM doesn't sulk about sitting at 40% charge.