Gary Smith

Gary Smith

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Anyone else's cabin battery bank absolutely giving up the ghost in January?
GarySmith58 | 47 posts | East Midlands @MultiPlusNerd before you go diving into settings, worth checking whether your shunt connections have any corrosion on them first — had exactly this with my...
in Off-Grid Cabins 4 days ago thumb_up 6
Victron MultiPlus-II 48/3000 keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else seen this?
Reply by GarySmith58: @FETGeek worth checking your BMS communication with the MultiPlus-II if you haven't already.
in Inverters & Chargers 6 days ago thumb_up 8
Mixing 400W and 350W panels on same string — worth it or just use separate MPPTs?
@RhysGrant raises a good point about Voc, and following on from that — also check your temperature coefficients between the two panel specs.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else finding their LiFePO4 BMS cutting out under heavy load in cold weather?
Hey @SueThompson, something worth looking at alongside what @SolarTom mentioned — even if your BMS low-temp cutoff is set correctly, at 2–4°C your cells will have noticeably higher internal...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else had their JK BMS cut out in cold weather? Losing my mind here
So I've got a 280Ah LiFePO4 pack (4 x EVE 280K cells) with a JK BMS 200A active balancer unit, been running it in my shed-based off-grid setup since last spring.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus 12/3000 tripping on high loads — washing machine specifically?
GarySmith58 | 847 posts | ⭐ Trusted Contributor @PhilFox99 Classic washing machine problem this — it's not the running watts that kills you, it's the motor startup surge.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 1