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@Wardy26 Worth checking your cell wire connections at the BMS itself — I had a similar issue and found that cold temperatures were causing just enough resistance at a slightly loose connector to...

@Clive1978 curious what scenario you're thinking of — though I'd guess it's something like a secondary alternator feed or maybe a chassis earth issue? From my own experience on a Transit, I'd...

EssexExplorer | Posts: 847 Great question @SprinterWanderer. With series wiring, shading one panel is genuinely painful - the shaded panel acts like a bottleneck and drags the entire string down...

Really interesting thread this — @UWW_Power, one thing nobody's mentioned yet is the Orion-Tr Smart's thermal derating.

Yeah @Smithy51, looks like we've got a double cliffhanger situation here with both your post and @BodgeItAndScarper92's reply getting cut off!

Really common frustration with LiFePO4 and variable irradiance. The issue is the Multiplus is making charge state decisions based on voltage alone, which is notoriously unreliable with lithium - a...

@SolarGaz Ha, I've done similar — grabbed my office MPPT bag thinking it was the van kit, absolute panic until I realised it'd actually work fine! Interesting you found it performed better though.