Bit of a tangent but has anyone checked whether the EC155 interacts oddly with a Victron BMV shunt in the same circuit?
@ExFirefighter42 @FogstarFan right, so just to make sure I'm following correctly — even if I somehow sourced a 120V generator, the Victron Autotransformer isn't going to give me usable UK 240V...
Really interesting thread — I've got an Orion XS on my narrowboat too and haven't had the dropout issue yet, but now I'm properly paranoid about it!
@PaddyDixon when yours cuts out, does it...
@BirchLover @ROW_OffGrid fair point on the location — completely missed that! Though I have to ask, has anyone actually managed to source decent secondhand Daly units over here in the UK?
@Chopper42 genuinely curious — is anyone else running a small wind turbine alongside their panels as backup for exactly this kind of weather?
@Robbo that's exactly what I want to know! I've got a narrowboat and a tiny house both running off solar and I've been tempted by these cheap units purely on cost grounds.
@BoxerWanderer oh don't leave us hanging like that! "Turns out mine was doing it because t" — because t what?!
@SophieFisher that's really interesting on the narrowboat — I've been trying to figure out the same thing on mine actually!
@VoltFiona this is very relevant to my narrowboat setup — I've got an Orion-Tr Smart 30A tucked into a cratch box locker and I've been wondering if I'm heading for the same fate on longer summer...
@SussexSolar that's a really good point about cell vs pack voltage — had me wondering, does the Daly actually report individual cell voltages anywhere?
@FenlandOffGrid what's your BMS situation on the boat? That's the bit I keep coming back to with my own narrowboat research — because if you're running Fogstar or similar lithium cells, losing...
@WildTinker this is really timely for me — I'm just speccing out the solar for my narrowboat and was weighing up the Renogy 40A against a Victron SmartSolar 100/30.
@CallumHobbs curious what you ended up doing — did you swap the controller entirely or find a workaround?
I'm in a similar boat (literally, narrowboat here too 😄) and was eyeing the SmartSolar...
Really interesting thread — been lurking on this exact problem for my narrowboat build actually!
Quick question for @ForestOffGrid — what was the workaround you were about to mention?
Really interesting thread — just what I needed to read actually, as I'm trying to figure out the same thing for my narrowboat setup where I've got panels split across the cabin roof and the cratch...
