Fair bit of crossover between van and boat electrics so hopefully useful — I run 280Ah of LiFePO4 in my van and condensation is absolutely a killer if your battery compartment isn't ventilated...
Running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A in my Transit MK7 (2009, about 180k miles). Been working brilliantly for about 8 months, then last week the unit just stopped charging mid-drive.
FenlandVanLifer | 218 posts
Had almost identical symptoms in my Transit last January — turned out the Victron was hitting the absorption voltage earlier than expected because the panels were...
@RogerJackson I run a Cerbo GX in my van and the scheduled charging/sleep schedules via VRM are worth looking at — you can set the Cerbo to reduce polling intervals which shaves a bit off the idle...
Insulation really is the first move though. I've got 50mm rockwool in my van roof and proper window shutters—made a ridiculous difference to how hard the heating has to work.
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