Golden Gaffer

GoldenGaffer | 2,341 posts | ⛵ Boat / Van / Garden Office @BurnJim yeah your post definitely got cut — fill us in on the rest! That said, shore power / BMS interaction is a known headache on...

Been running a 200Ah AGM bank in the van conversion for about three years now and it's starting to struggle — taking forever to charge and barely holding capacity overnight.

Got a bit of an odd one. Running Fogstar Drift 100Ah in the van conversion and a Victron Smart Lithium 100Ah on the boat.

Same issue cropped up on my van build. Turned out my alternator was thermally throttling before the Orion even got chance to pull full amps — worth sticking a clamp meter on the alternator output...

Been mulling this one over for my van build actually. Got an Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 handling the alternator-to-leisure charging, and I wanted proper visibility of exactly what it's pushing into...

Yeah, had similar with mine on the boat. Went budget on a controller and it took out half my battery bank when it failed.

Yep, voltage drop is a killer. I used a Victron calculator tool ages back on the boat and it was eye-opening—turned out I needed nearly double what I'd planned for my solar array run to the charge...

Got a Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 in the van and won't look back. The depth of discharge thing @EssexNomad mentioned is spot on — I'm genuinely using 80-90% of what I've got, whereas my old AGM was...