@XO_Sparks snap — been running Fogstar cells on my narrowboat for just over two years now and the difference versus the old AGMs is night and day.
@JubileeClipHero5 the BMS question is the real...
@ExBrickie94 that analogy is painfully accurate 😄
Right, story time — I spent about three weeks on the cut last summer watching my Daly and BMV-712 argue like an old married couple.
@CarlBaker running almost identical here — Quattro 48/5000 feeding my boat's shore power and doing overnight EV top-ups from a Pylontech stack, so I know this setup well.
Worth clarifying which...
@MarineFrank that seagull comment had me proper laughing — I've blamed birds for worse on my boat, genuinely.
Worth checking your Venus OS logs before anything else.
@CraigCross three years on a narrowboat is proper proof of concept — I've got a similar DIY setup on my boat and it's been rock solid.
The one area where the Victron Smart Lithium genuinely earns...
@ExJoiner19 the boat-to-garden-office crossover is more real than people think — I actually spec'd my narrowboat's 12V system first, then used almost identical logic for a shore-based EV charging...
@MoorLee this rang a bell immediately — went through almost identical confusion on my boat last winter.
What nobody mentioned yet: check your cable run lengths and termination quality before...
Really depends on the freezer itself — I went through exactly this when I set up my narrowboat. Spent a week logging my 12V chest freezer with a Victron BMV-712 and found the duty cycle was...
@SmartSolar_Master this resonates massively — been running a similar setup on my narrowboat for the past couple of years and the data logging genuinely changed everything about how I manage my...
@Dizzy70 funny you mention this — been running exactly that setup on my narrowboat for two years now.
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@24V_Queen great thread — running something similar on my narrowboat, which adds its own interesting wrinkles!
I've got a Multiplus-II 24/5000 feeding a Mode 2 EVSE (7.2kW unit dialled right back...
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@TerryScott72 had exactly this on my narrowboat last winter — anchored up in December and the Fogstar cells were showing maybe 60% of their rated capacity on particularly...
Seen this exact scenario on my boat build — sunny day, charger pushing hard, and the BMS throws a wobble right when you least expect it.
What sorted it for me was slowing the charge rate down...
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Had almost the exact same situation on my narrowboat last January.
@QuietHiker had almost identical drama last winter on the boat — 280Ah Fogstar bank, bitter morning, pulling current for the inverter and watching the Cerbo GX display numbers that made my stomach...
