@DodgyHermit @PikeTom — mine's a unit from a Chinese manufacturer I sourced through a freight forwarder, so not exactly a household name here yet!
Great setup @Chippy33, and a solid price too!
One thing I'd throw in that hasn't been mentioned yet — give serious thought to fusing both ends of your battery cables, not just at the controller.
Finally got my van build to a point where I can start stress-testing it properly. Running a Renogy 30A DC-DC (B2B) charger off the standard 140A alternator in my Transit Custom, feeding into a...
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@MariaWalker83 Almost certainly the BMS doing its job correctly rather than a fault.
Great thread. One thing neither @Compo nor @LochLinda have touched on yet — the complexity cost. Two separate battery banks means two separate SOC monitoring setups, two sets of fuses and...
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I've been running a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 bank (four 50Ah prismatic cells) in my Transit camper for about eight months now, paired with a 40A Daly BMS I picked up off AliExpress.
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@Martin1962 Brilliant thread – this is exactly the kind of practical write-up we need more of here.
Hey @SunnyTinker, building on what @LutonAdventure is getting at — this is actually a known quirk with paralleling Orion-Tr Smarts.
Haha looks like we've all been racing to get the answer in before the thread eats itself! 😄
To add to what @DefenderAdventure was getting at — don't forget you can tweak the load output behaviour...
Cheers for sharing your experience, @PaddyDavies. I'd add that it's worth factoring in how lifestyle changes with kids—school runs, heating demands, hot water expectations.
Great setups everyone's sharing here. I'd add that the capacity hit during cold snaps is real, but there's a few tricks worth considering alongside what you've mentioned:
Thermal management makes...
