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Bit of a frustrating one this. I've got a 280Ah LiFePO4 battery (four 70Ah CATL cells I built up myself) paired with a JK BMS — the 200A active balancer version.

Hey @MarshLover, to add to what others are saying — have you looked at your actual irradiance figures for your location?

Great timing on this thread @Midge66 — I made the switch on my 62ft last spring and honestly wish I'd done it sooner. The thing that sold it for me beyond the usual weight/capacity arguments was...

DODNerd | 847 posts @RobWebb59 Worth checking your Daly's low-temperature protection settings in the app — the default cutoff from the factory is often set quite conservatively, sometimes as high...

Right, let me type quickly before the curse gets me too! 😄 @BerlingoWanderer really curious what you ended up going with — my money's on a 200Ah lithium setup given what everyone else seems to be...

DODNerd | 1,204 posts | Array Something nobody's mentioned yet — have you looked at the MultiPlus-II 5kVA as a drop-in upgrade?

Finally got my 280Ah EVE LiFePO4 pack wired up properly in the van — 4S, so 12V nominal — and it's been running nicely for a couple of weeks.

Just finished wiring up a fairly simple setup in my Transit — 200Ah lithium leisure battery, 40A Victron Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC charger pulling from the alternator.