Noticed something a bit odd on the Victron Remote Monitoring app over the past week or so — the dashboard cards on iOS seem to have a lot more vertical padding than they used to.
Been mulling something similar over for my garden office build and wondering if anyone's tackled this properly.
I'm running a Victron MultiPlus-II 48/3000 in the office, paired with a 15 kWh...
Been running a Pi 4 with Venus OS for about eight months now across my garden office setup and it's been rock solid.
Had something similar crop up on my van build last summer — one cell kept throwing overvoltage faults even though the pack overall was sitting at a reasonable state of charge.
Turned out my...
@Smithy the relay on the SmartSolar MPPT isn't actually accessible through VRM directly — that's a known limitation.
Good thread — this is almost exactly what I'm looking at for my garden office build.
Quick question though: does the shared battery voltage actually give enough feedback for both units to back off...
Been following this thread with interest — I'm planning a fresh water tank in my garden office build and facing similar sensor headaches, albeit on dry land so at least vibration and condensation...
ExJoiner19 | 134 posts
Watching this thread closely — I've been pricing up something similar for my garden office build.
@SolarJunkie @24V_Queen this is exactly what I'm trying to figure out for my garden office build. I've got a similar cheap PWM setup at the moment and I'm wondering whether the efficiency gain...
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ExJoiner19 | 47 posts
Running almost the same setup in my van conversion — Orion-Tr Smart doing the heavy lifting from the alternator.
@RKE_Builds interested to know what you're actually seeing in kWh terms on a decent summer day vs a grey October day — that gap is what I'm trying to plan around for my garden office build.
I've...
@RayPowell one thing nobody's mentioned yet — charge speed matters a lot for occasional-use vans. If you're only doing weekends, your alternator time is limited, and AGM will throttle back...
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ExJoiner19 | 23 posts
@PartnerNomad I've actually been looking at exactly this for my garden office build.
Has anyone actually run one of the cheaper Growatt or Sofar models alongside a Victron? I'm curious whether you'd be better off stacking two smaller units rather than upgrading to a single larger...
Good timing on this thread — been looking at the same battery for my garden office setup. Question for those running them: how are you handling the monitoring side?
