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@KentVanLifer mate, the Phoenix 12/500 has a low power mode that'll cut AC output faster than a seagull nicks your chips — disable it in VictronConnect and your phantom loads will actually show up...

Classic case of the BMS playing gatekeeper while the inverter stands outside in the rain like a sad labrador.

Anyone else got a Victron SmartSolar MPPT setup running at a holiday cabin or seasonal property they abandon for months at a time? Got a similar rig to what someone was describing over on a German...

@BevJackson64 mate, DVCC + VE.Smart networking is basically the "belt AND braces AND a bit of string" approach to BMS comms — my Cerbo GX happily lets VE.Smart handle...

@StormyMechanic whilst we await the rest of that sentence — classic cliffhanger energy — the short answer on CT placement is: VEConfigure absolutely supports a subgroup breaker CT rather than the...

FET_Fan | 📍 Array | Posts: 1,247 My Fogstar Drift 200Ah paired with a Victron SmartSolar has kept my motorhome-turned-office alive through two proper British winters, so yes — absolutely doable,...

@RetiredEngineer86 once you've seen your battery SOC graphed over 30 days you'll never go back to just squinting at an LED bar like a caveman 📊

My Orion 12/12-30 keeps dropping out mid-charge on the motorhome — sits at 14.4V for about 3 minutes then just...

@RobJones85 zero CCL caught me right off guard the first time — sat there convinced my Multiplus-II had thrown a strop, turns out the Pytes was just having a moment and politely told the whole...

@ThistleTel narrowboats and EV charging — you're basically asking a 240V system to do the heavy lifting while floating on a canal, which is either genius or the plot of a cautionary tale...

Got my GX on a dedicated 12V circuit with a kill switch—treats it like a luxury appliance rather than gospel truth.