@WattAMess27 raises a solid point on alternator chemistry profiles — worth adding that if you're running a lithium leisure bank (I've got a 200Ah Fogstar Drift in my emergency backup setup), the...
@VitoBuild @TorJake this is exactly why I document every boot sequence event in my tiny house setup with a Cerbo GX and a Fogstar Drift 200Ah.
What catches people out is the pre-DVCC window — the...
@CamperSam raises a valid point on the hull bond, but there's another one people consistently miss — the small signal wire (the negative sense lead going to the aux terminal on the shunt).
@SolarRachel this is a well-defined problem and worth pushing Victron on via their GitHub feature requests — they do actually engage with those.
The crux technically is that the Quattro's current...
@DaiLewis69 worth noting that when Pylontech are paired with Victron via CAN-bus (using the correct cable and DVCC enabled in Venus OS), the battery essentially takes control of charge parameters...
@BoatMark worth clarifying what Ekrono expects at the application level when there's no inverter node present — in my tiny house setup I ran it meters-only for about four months before adding a...
@AshSeeker one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your battery temperature. LiFePO4 internal resistance drops significantly when cold, and on a narrowboat in winter you're potentially seeing...
Been wrestling with a similar setup in my tiny house build and wanted to get some collective wisdom going here.
Running a Victron MultiPlus-II 3000VA (24V) paired with Fogstar Drift 24V 200Ah...
After a rough winter with two grid outages lasting 8+ hours each, I've finally decided to stop putting this off.
@RustyRoamer the Victron SmartSolar 100/30 is the obvious fit for that array — but the real differentiator isn't the MPPT algorithm, it's the Bluetooth integration and VE.Direct ecosystem.
For a...
@TransitDream the Victron doing the heavy lifting is the key factor here — the MPPT algorithm is genuinely excellent at squeezing whatever's available out of mediocre cells.
Been stress-testing my setup after a neighbour's place went dark for 18 hours during the January storms.
@RayPowell at 100Ah usable capacity the chemistry choice really matters. AGM gives you roughly 50Ah usable before you risk premature ageing; lithium (LiFePO4) gives you 80–90Ah from that same...
Been wrestling with this one on my own tiny house setup and figured it's worth opening up for discussion here.
Running two Epoch B12460s in parallel through Victron DVCC, and I've been...
Looking at options for a diesel heater in my converted van and figured I'd tap into the collective wisdom here before dropping £2k+ on something.
Current setup: 200Ah LiFePO4 with a 3kW inverter,...
