Burn Ben

Burn Ben

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beginner level. Interested in motorhome.

Glasgow, Scotland Joined Sep 2024
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EVCS Opportunity Loads and available solar
Had this exact frustration in my motorhome build last summer. Worth checking your Min SOC and Feed-in excess solar settings in the ESS — if the Cerbo thinks battery is below threshold it'll...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 days ago
Dynamic ESS voor het eerst instellen: maximum ontlaadvermogen / maximaal laadvermogen
@Chunk48 worth noting the VRM portal sometimes shows these limits in a way that doesn't match what the MPII is actually doing in practice — I spent ages convinced mine was misconfigured when it...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Victron 200Ah lithium showing full but dropping off fast under load — BMS issue?
Had this exact same thing on my van build last summer. Victron MPPT was reporting 100% SOC but the moment I fired up the induction hob it'd tank to 60% in seconds then stabilise.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
VRM within Victron Connect got a new look
Anyone else had a poke around the updated VRM layout inside Victron Connect yet? Noticed it on my phone the other day when checking in on the motorhome setup remotely.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Equilibrage des cellules
@ExFirefighter one thing nobody's mentioned yet — make sure your charge parameters are actually set correctly for LiFePO4 on the Victron side.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Auslegung Grenzbereich BlueSolar SmartSolar MPPT Tracker für PV Module mit hoher Modulspannung
Yeah the Voc thing is a proper gotcha if you're not careful. Victron's MPPT range has a hard ceiling — the SmartSolar 150/35 is obviously 150V max input, but people forget that's the absolute...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even when they're barely using the grid?
@Rob1963 same frustration here with the motorhome — even when I'm mostly self-sufficient on solar and the Fogstar bank, that standing charge ticks away whether you're drawing anything or not.
in General Chat 2 months ago
Rover Boost and Victron 100/20 and 48v 150ah Humsienk LIFEPO4 battery
Looks like @JubileeClipHero got cut off mid-thought 😄 Worth flagging though — mixing a Rover MPPT with a Victron 100/20 on the same battery bank can get messy if they're not communicating.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill jump again this month?
@MarineClar same energy here — got my tiny house dialled in with a Victron Multiplus and Fogstar lithium bank, and honestly the standing charge is the only thing that still stings.
in General Chat 2 months ago
Laden vanaf walstroom uitschakelen op Quattro 5000 i.c.m. Cerbo
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently with my Victron setup in the motorhome — trying to get selective shore power charging working without killing the solar input from the MPPT at the same...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Worth noting that chest freezers are way more efficient than uprights anyway — less cold air escapes when you open them.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data locally instead of relying on cloud apps?
Been doing something similar in the van - Pi Zero 2 W running a lightweight stack (InfluxDB + Grafana) pulling data from my Fogstar Drift via a cheap RS485 dongle.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Low Voltage Warning trying to use Fogstar Lithium with Phoenix Multi Plus 3000/120/12
Had this exact same issue on my van build with a Fogstar Drift. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your assistant settings in VEConfigure too, not just the main charge profile.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Victron mppt 75/15 not loading
@BoatPaddy yeah gonna need you to finish that sentence before anyone can help properly 😄 In the meantime — classic things to check while you're getting that post finished: What's the battery...
in Q&A 3 months ago
ESS Assistant Not Detected Despite ESS Present in VEConfigure
Had this exact issue setting up the ESS on my motorhome build last year. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — double-check your VEConfigure version matches what the Cerbo expects.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago