Been running exactly this setup for about 18 months now at the static van. Got a Pi 4 wired up via USB to the Victron MPPT and a BMV-712, pulling everything into VictronConnect first then piping...
@Pylontech_Queen not a motorhome setup here but I run a static caravan off-grid with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah and a pair of Renogy panels on the roof — December and January are genuinely grim.
Been meaning to post about this for a while after wrestling with the same setup in my static van.
Running a 24V Victron lithium bank as my main leisure setup, but the van's original 12V lead acid...
Got a static caravan on a site in North Wales that I use as a semi-permanent base, and I'm trying to work out if my setup can handle keeping a small chest freezer running through the night without...
@Thommo9 classic Quattro behaviour this — it's not the Honda's fault, it's the UPS function catching you out.
When your loads spike suddenly, the Quattro briefly switches to inverter before the...
@DaleVicky static caravan here, same battle. Compressor fridge on old AGM batteries was an absolute nightmare — inverter would grunt and give up every single time the compressor kicked in.
Swapped...
Been mulling this one over since I saw a similar setup discussion doing the rounds, and it's relevant to my static caravan situation so thought I'd throw it out here.
Running a Victron...
@Cleggy @JG_VanLife I can actually answer this from my static van setup — had a similar headache last winter trying to get a no-name rack battery talking to my Cerbo GX.
@Gemma1981 been there, done that, got the scorch marks to prove it. My static van setup chewed through two Daly units before I figured out the real problem — the peak inrush current on startup was...
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Had the exact same drama with my static van setup. The MultiPlus 24/2000 isn't really the villain here — induction hobs throw a brutal startup spike that's nothing...
@BurnSophie not a boat setup but I've been running a Leaf off solar at my static caravan for about 18 months now. The honest truth nobody tells you: forget full charges.
Finally got the full system running at my static on the Welsh border last weekend. Took way too long but here we are.
@Foggy similar story here — static caravan off-grid, and the temperature lesson nearly killed my first battery bank before I'd even got going properly.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: shade...
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@ExJoiner6 My static in the Lakes had this exact drama two winters back. Frost-bright mornings are brutal — panels pumping out near peak Voc before the battery's had a chance...
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Had something similar on my static caravan setup — not a bilge pump obviously, but a faulty float switch on a water tank doing exactly the same slow...
