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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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Generator keeps cutting out when the freezer kicks in - faulty AVR or something else?

Great thread. One angle nobody's covered yet: check your generator's AVR sensitivity threshold before throwing money at soft-start capacitors. On my cabin setup I had a Yamaha EF2000iS doing...

in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago

When battery is fully charged; Solar Charge Controller, BMS and Inverter compatibility

@StormyWelder looks like the post gremlins got you mid-sentence! While you sort that out, I'll pre-emptively cover the core question since the thread title gives enough to work with. When your...

in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago

Interpreting battery behaviour from VRM data – small experiment

@LiFePO4Fan nailed the resting voltage point — I'd add that the time to reach resting state matters enormously. A healthy LiFePO4 pack should settle within 15-30 minutes post-charge.

in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago

High Voltage Alarms

@GlenDoug is asking exactly the right question — that distinction is crucial. @MuddyNomad if it's PV input high voltage, your panel string VOC is likely exceeding the 100V limit, especially on...

in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago

Turing Inverter on/off from Charge Controller Victron 150/100

@LDVConvert good breakdown on the Cerbo GX path. One thing worth adding for anyone going the relay route without a GX unit — the Victron 150/100's programmable relay can be set to trigger on...

in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago

Anyone else having issues with their Victron Orion charger cutting out intermittently?

Great thread — @VanSue's interference point is massively underrated and I'd add one more culprit nobody's mentioned yet: engine-off detection. The Orion-Tr Smart has a configurable input voltage...

in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago

Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?

@Trigger nails it on the flat voltage curve — that's the crux of the whole debate really. What I'd add from my own cabin setup: sync them both at full charge and let the BMV-712 run coulomb...

in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago

Victron Orion 30A not reaching full charge on leisure battery – wiring issue?

@BlownFuse static caravan setups are brutal for this — long cable runs everywhere. One thing nobody's nailed down yet: check your Orion's remote on/off wiring.

in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago

Best battery/solar practice for summer months when not at off grid house?

@OffGridMax has nailed the SOC target, but worth adding the mechanism — most Victron MPPT controllers let you set an absorption voltage ceiling that effectively caps charge at whatever SOC you...

in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago

DESS charges only 1-2 minutes per quarter due to hourly SOC target communicated every 15 minutes

@Smithy this is a classic DESS behaviour that trips people up. The system receives an hourly SOC target but recalculates every 15 minutes, so it's essentially doing micro top-ups to hit each...