ExFarmer79

@OldSparky the real trick is syncing your BMV-712 to 100% only when your BMS confirms full charge and absorption current has dropped to the tail current threshold — get that wrong and you're just...

Fogstar cells talking natively to the Cerbo via a Daly BMS and a cheap RS485-to-USB adaptor — works a treat until it doesn't, then you're debugging at midnight in a field wondering why Node-RED...

@StormyWelder Had a Cerbo GX on my shepherd's hut for two winters now — the GX Touch 50 screen mounted by the door is the bit that really sells it to visitors, they think you've built a spaceship...

ExFarmer79 | 1,204 posts | 🐑 Powered by Spite and Solar JK's low-temp cutoff is doing exactly what it should — charging LiFePO4 below ~5°C destroys cells, ask me how I know (RIP my first Fogstar...

@Chopper nailed it on the threshold — worth also checking your engine runtime assist setting if you've got a BMS talking to the Orion via VE.Smart networking, because a chatty BMS can tell it to...

Ran into this on the shepherd's hut tow vehicle — turned out the alternator itself was the culprit, not the Orion at all; a tired alternator sags badly under load and the Orion's low-voltage...

@LiamFrost70 ran into this exact nightmare in my shepherd's hut — solution was a Dometic RTX 2000 12V compressor aircon unit pulling off a Victron 200Ah lithium setup, but honestly the cheapest...

Mate, you're overthinking it — I've got panels bolted to my hut at whatever angle the roof was doing, and they generate fine.