Had exactly this issue when I first set up my garden office system. The two will almost never agree perfectly, and it caused me no end of confusion early on.
The short answer is — trust the...
Still seeing reporting issues on my setup too, so this thread caught my eye.
Running a modest garden office system — Victron Multiplus-II with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah battery — and I've been trying...
Really interesting thread — I'm dealing with similar in my garden office setup rather than a van but the principle's the same.
@WezWhite72 makes a good point about discharge vs charging temps...
Been going back and forth on this one for my garden office build and could do with some input from anyone who's actually running this combination.
I'm planning to use a couple of Pylontech US2000s...
Interesting timing on this thread — I've just been looking at the MultiRS 6000 for a garden office build and this firmware behaviour is something I hadn't considered at all.
From what I...
@VivaroNomad yes please finish that thought!
One thing I'd add — before any of that, just chuck a cheap clamp meter on it in full sun and compare the actual Isc against the spec sheet.
@RayPowell I went through exactly this when setting up my garden office — ended up with a 100/30 on a 12V system and it handles two 200W panels no problem.
Good timing on this thread — I've been through exactly this headache getting my garden office setup dialled in.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your UPS function setting in VEConfigure.
Bit of a tangent but does anyone know if this unit has a built-in transfer switch? Asking because I'm planning a similar setup for my garden office and the grounding question becomes more...
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