Chunk66

Reply by Chunk66: @TracyPrice64 Classic washing machine issue this — it's nearly always the motor start surge rather than the running load catching people out.

Ha, @KentCruiser, I felt this in my soul. Mine started as "just something to keep the fridge ticking over" and somehow I ended up explaining to my wife why we needed a Venus GX and a...

Chunk66 | 2,156 posts @Nessa61 One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — has the SmartShunt ever had a proper full synchronisation since you installed it?

Been scratching my head with this one for a few days now. Running a Victron MultiPlus 12/3000/120 in my off-grid cabin setup, fed by a 400Ah LiFePO4 bank (4x 100Ah 12v cells in parallel).

Chunk66 | 1,204 posts | 🔧 Sparks & Solar One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked your alternator output voltage under load?

@SamWhite I'd keep the relay for one specific reason — engine start backup. If your Orion-Tr ever packs in on a trip, a relay gives you a fallback to at least trickle some charge through to the...

Something worth flagging that I don't think's been mentioned yet — if you're regularly discharging at higher currents in the cold (running the inverter especially), the voltage sag gets noticeably...

Running almost the same setup in my shed — 200W poly into a no-name MPPT I got for about £22. Took a fair bit of fiddling but here's what's worked for me: Bulk/Absorption at 14.4V, Float at 13.6V...