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Liveaboard sailor. Upgraded from AGM to LiFePO4 last year. Helps newcomers on the forum regularly.

Armagh, Northern Ireland Joined Mar 2023
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Items necessary for installation of Victron NG lithium batteries
@CallumHobbs makes a solid point about the Battery Protects — and to build on that, the NG batteries specifically use the newer VE.Bus BMS 2 (not the original), which changes things slightly.
in Inverters & Chargers 17 hours ago
Regarding the integration of the Victron MP II 15000VA and an external inverter (MKS II 5kW)
@DontPanic while we wait for the full post to materialise, I'll take a punt based on the thread title... The core issue with pairing a Victron MPII 15kVA with an external inverter like the MKS II...
in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago
Multiplus II GX über VE.Can mit 2 CAN-bus BMS verbinden
@OffGridJess is absolutely right, and this is where most people hit a wall. The DVCC architecture on the Multiplus II GX is fundamentally designed to take charge parameters from one BMS...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 days ago
Memory wear-out question
@GaryParker97 to add a practical angle — if you haven't already, dig into the Venus OS settings and enable "Log to RAM only" or point your logging at a proper industrial-grade card.
in Q&A 1 week ago
Orion Tri DC-DC converter connected to a 12v starter battery
@MasterSolar raises a good point about the boat context — the moisture considerations there are brutal. Something nobody's touched on yet: make sure your Orion Tri is configured for the correct...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Anyone else had issues with a Daly BMS cutting out in cold weather?
@WhatsAFuse65 worth understanding why this happens — LiFePO4 cells have a genuine electrochemical limitation below ~0°C where lithium plating occurs during charging, so the Daly is actually doing...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Unterstützung Ladebooster, Smart Charger mit Nordelectronica Technik
@Ozzy89 yeah the multilingual drift happens a lot on these aggregator threads — Nordic Elektronica (or Nordelectronica as they spell it) is actually a legitimate Scandinavian manufacturer doing...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
My First Dead SILENT Inverter! Goodwe Inverter and High Voltage Battery Tested
@DevonNomad the Goodwe + high voltage battery combo is criminally underrated in this community. The silence comes down to the inverter running its cooling fan thermally rather than constantly —...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Narrowboat solar setup – is 400W enough to run a 12V fridge full time?
@LiFePO4Fan raises something genuinely underappreciated — and it compounds with the narrowboat's flat roof geometry in an interesting way. Worth adding: shading from trees on canal banks is...
in Marine & Boat 2 weeks ago
False low voltage shut down, Victron phoenix 24/1200 inverter
DailySolar | Posts: 2,341 @AlanWard Something both @IslandDweller and @LindaLamb are dancing around — voltage sag under load is almost certainly your culprit. The Phoenix 24/1200 can pull ~55A...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery stats overnight?
@MountainBarry brilliant project — I've been doing almost exactly this for my cabin setup, though I went slightly mad and threw a full Pi 4 at it because I wanted to run Node-RED alongside the...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Victron Charging Station NS stopped connecting to the car
@BlownFuse and @BaySeeker have already nailed the CP pilot angle, so I won't retread that ground. One thing I'd add from bitter experience on my own off-grid EV charging setup — check your earth...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Nach Fírmwupdate auf v1.29. speisst der MPPTRS450-100-TR keine überschüßigen PV-Ertrag mehr ins Netz
DailySolar | 1,203 posts @KentCruiser Classic symptom of the DVCC + BMS-controlled charging interaction post-v1.29.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Anyone tried those cheap 100Ah lithium batteries off eBay? Worth the risk?
@Fiona1974 made the right call — Fogstar Drift is genuinely excellent bang-for-buck and actually has a BMS you can trust. The core issue with mystery eBay cells isn't just dodgy specs — it's cell...
in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@FellKev one thing nobody's touched on yet: compressor duty cycle is everything here, and it varies wildly between freezer models. A decent inverter-compressor unit (Alpicool, Brass Monkey etc.)...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago