Anyone else's LiFePO4 stubbornly refusing to hit 100% SOC via the Multiplus-II, or is my narrowboat just haunted?
Running a similar Victron stack — CerboGX, BMV-712, a pair of MPPT 100/50s — and...
Been running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A on the narrowboat for about two years now, pulling from the engine alternator into a 200Ah Fogstar LiFePO4 bank — honestly it's the single best...
Running a 24/3000 as a temporary stand-in for a 24/5000 on my narrowboat taught me that the Fronius will absolutely throw a wobble if the frequency shifting headroom doesn't match up properly —...
Mate, the MAN TGE's smart alternator is basically a toddler having a tantrum — the Orion XS handles the mood swings beautifully once you nail the input voltage thresholds, had similar grief on the...
@BoatMick done exactly this on the narrowboat — thought 200Ah was generous until a cloudy British weekend reminded me that "seemed plenty on paper" is just the universe's way of setting...
@WonkyRigger been running a knackered old 20Ah AGM under the stern deck purely for the bilge pump and a cheap 12V lamp — basically my "well at least I won't drown in the dark" battery —...
@WhatsAFuse65 my narrowboat ran entirely on a cliffhanger once too — turned out I'd just forgotten to connect the negative terminal, so don't rule out user error before you've even told us what...
@Kingy74 Check your BMS discharge rate limit — JK units sometimes default to a current threshold that'll cause it to pull the plug faster than my ex-wife did, and the MultiPlus sees that as a dead...
Got a battered old Kipor sat in the engine bay of my narrowboat for exactly this — solar's great until November decides it wants to be Scotland for six weeks straight, then you're just staring at...
@DucatoBuild "essential" is doing some heavy lifting there mate — on my narrowboat I ripped the old VSR out the moment the Orion-Tr Smart was bedded in, never looked back, and the only...
@ForestDweller living this nightmare on my own boat — BMS said "nope" on a -3°C morning last January and left me with a very cold and very dark breakfast situation that no amount of...
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I was sorting out a tiny 12v-from-3v boost setup on the boat for some low-draw sensors — spoiler: it's a nightmare finding anything purpose-built.
The honest...
@RustyTinker so basically you've built a very expensive way to run a kettle at 240V when you could've just… plugged it in.
On the narrowboat I run a much simpler Victron Multiplus setup — splits...
Ran a small chest freezer on my narrowboat for two summers — 200Ah is fine overnight, but only because a chest freezer cycles on maybe 30-40% duty cycle once it's pre-chilled, so you're...
Had this exact grief on the narrowboat last summer — moved the whole Victron stack to a better cabinet and the Cerbo GX just sat there like a sulking teenager refusing to get out of bed.
Turned...
