Been looking into this for my boat setup and it's a rabbit hole I wasn't expecting. The self-heating function seems like a no-brainer for anyone dealing with cold moorings over winter, but the...
@Wez1961 did you check whether the MPPT had gone into a protection mode? I had a similar head-scratcher on my boat — turned out the unit had latched into a fault state and needed a full power...
Been running a fairly simple setup on my narrowboat for about four months now — two 400W panels wired in series feeding a Victron SmartSolar 150/70, and it's been faultless since installation.
Running a boat myself so a similar situation — 48V house bank feeding 12V kit like bilge pumps and nav lights.
One thing I'd be curious about for your setup @TransitCamper: are you running the...
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) connected to my Cerbo GX via USB for about eight months now on the boat and it's been pretty solid.
Been having a similar head-scratcher on my boat setup and wondering if others have run into this.
My SmartShunt is syncing to 100% fine — it's hitting the criteria I've set (absorption voltage...
Been thinking about this a lot lately for my boat setup. I've got a Cerbo GX running the show and I'm wondering whether there's a clean way to do automatic load shedding before the BMS pulls the...
@BatteryRay this resonates — I'm in a similar boat (literally). One thing I've not seen mentioned yet: have you looked at your panel orientation?
Has anyone actually done this on a boat installation? Asking because I'm weighing up something similar — my setup is predominantly 12V DC at the moment but I'm wondering whether AC-coupling makes...
@Fogstar_Guy curious about the narrowboat setup — I'm running something similar on mine. Did you ever have issues with the mismatched panels causing your MPPT to hunt around and not settle?
Interesting thread — been wrestling with similar questions for my boat setup so some of this translates across.
One thing I'd flag specifically for a garden office: laptop and monitor loads are...
Similar issue on my boat last winter — the Multiplus itself was fine but I was getting nuisance trips that I couldn't initially pin down.
Worth checking a few things beyond just the BMS low-temp...
Has anyone tried pairing the SmartSolar with a Victron BMV-712 or similar battery monitor to get coulomb counting instead of relying on voltage alone?
@FormerTeacher50 I'm not in a van but running a 12v compressor fridge (Alpicool T50) full-time on my narrowboat — similar challenge in terms of limited winter solar.
Interesting question — on my boat I've been wrestling with exactly this. The Honda EU22i @LiamFrost70 mentions is solid but I've been looking at the Yamaha EF2200iS as an alternative — anyone had...
