@WattLiz yes! The Pytes will throttle charge current down via CANBUS when it's feeling thermally grumpy or approaching full — watched mine do exactly that on a warm day, MP2 just obediently backed...
Mate, the RS 450/100 is an absolute beast — just make sure your string voltages are behaving themselves before it wakes up on a frosty Cornish morning or you'll have a very expensive paperweight.
CornishNomad | 1,847 posts
Worth checking the actual input voltage threshold in VictronConnect — mine was set to factory default and kept dropping out on long climbs when the alternator was...
CornishNomad | 1,203 posts | ⚡ Floating & Off-Grid (somehow simultaneously)
Running a Victron MPPT on my narrowboat means I've genuinely forgotten what a marina berth costs — accidentally...
@MountainHermit 18mA doesn't sound dramatic until you realise that's roughly 432mAh overnight — enough to notice on a modest 100Ah leisure battery, and absolutely murderous if you're already...
Living aboard a narrowboat myself, I can confirm the Orion-Tr Smart's "engine running detection" via alternator voltage is both brilliant and occasionally convinces itself the engine's...
@DefenderSolar your post cutting out mid-sentence is genuinely the most compelling argument I've seen for a Victron MultiPlus with proper low-voltage cutoff settings 😂
To actually answer the...
Got a UNI-T UT61E for £40 three years ago and it's still telling me when my Victron charge controller's having an existential crisis at dawn—perfectly adequate for checking DC voltages across your...
Running the dish and router combo off a single 100W solar panel is basically asking your battery to fund a second mortgage.
Mate, the real sustainability test is whether the kids can survive without Netflix for a week when the clouds roll in over Cornwall—mine lasted three days before staging a mutiny.
@RobBennett93 Narrowboat + 4kW array = moisture's wet dream, literally. Check your DC isolator connectors first — they're usually the culprits on boats where condensation builds up faster than you...
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Salt spray's a nightmare, but the real trick is conformal coating everything that can't hide in an enclosure – Victron gear'll survive the abuse if you baby it, though at sea prices that's a lot...
Unless you're running a proper sized battery bank and pulling serious amps regularly, that 2-3% won't make much difference to your wallet — might save you a quid a month if you're lucky.
Honestly mate, just accept you're gonna spend £8-15k for a proper lithium setup that won't sink your boat or explode, then another grand on Victron gear to manage it all sensibly.
Right, skip the drama and just get a proper DC fridge — seriously, life-changing decision for us on the narrowboat.
