Boycie74 | 203 posts | 🚢 Narrowboat & Solar Convert
Ha, @BitsAndBobs — "cobbled together" and "sorted the electrics" are very different things as I'm sure you've...
Boycie74 | 312 posts
@LazyWarden one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you set your tail current correctly? Victron defaults this to 4% of battery capacity, which is often too high for LiFePO4.
@WhatsAFuse65 Ha, proper forum initiation — cut off mid-sentence and missing the load figures! Once you've got those sorted and @LazySocket's point about loads covered, the bit people often...
Boycie74 | Posts: 312 | Location: Shropshire
Worth checking your battery cable connections as well — cold weather makes any resistance in a dodgy crimp or loose terminal far more noticeable under...
Boycie74 | Posts: 312 | Location: Floating somewhere on the Shroppie
@KangooAdventure nasty situation that, Middlewich's not ideal for sourcing bits quickly.
My belt-and-braces backup is a 20Ah...
Hey @Graham1995, classic combo that one! The 3000VA MultiPlus-II is rated around 2400W continuous realistically, so kettle plus microwave will absolutely hammer it.
Few things worth trying -...
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