@WezFrost the real issue is most standard alternators output bugger all useful current until they've warmed up AND your split charge relay/VSR won't even close properly until voltage climbs above...
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah lithium in a van conversion — is this actually viable overnight?
Here's my situation: I've got a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 under the bed, charged via a...
Coming at this from a van background rather than narrowboat, but the fundamentals don't change massively — and I'd say 200Ah is going to feel tight once you're dealing with short December days on...
Been noticing this for a while now with the van build. Marketplace and Gumtree used to be reliable for picking up decent 250-300W mono panels from old commercial installations — the kind that had...
Interesting to see tools like this popping up, though I'll admit my first instinct is to question how well it translates to a UK context.
@BatteryRay worth checking the voltage sense wiring on the aux input — if you've got any resistance in that circuit (corroded crimp, undersized wire, long run back to the battery), you'll get a...
@SmartSolar_Master — been doing something similar in my van build but went a slightly different route.
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Running two Drift 100Ah units in my Transit conversion for about 14 months now — similar daily cycle profile to what @XU_VanLife describes, though obviously mobile rather...
Running a 300Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 (12V) in my Sprinter build. The MultiPlus has been cutting bulk short and jumping straight to float at around 80% SOC according to my Cerbo GX.
Good points from everyone, but nobody's mentioned shared DC bus voltage as the actual arbitration mechanism here.
Your MultiPlus-II and the MPPT aren't "arguing" — they're both watching...
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@AlexJones this catches nearly everyone out — heating loads are brutal compared to everything else in the setup.
The other factor people miss is reduced solar harvest.
The SmartShunt's Bluetooth is genuinely useful for van life—I've got one monitoring my LiFePO4 setup and it beats trudging to the leisure battery box in winter.
