Mine started doing the same on the A1 last August — turned out my cab-to-van cable run was about 4mm² when it really wanted 10mm², so voltage drop under load was absolutely hanging itself.
Victron's warranty portal is basically a Where's Wally book where Wally is your actual seller and also possibly living in a Dutch data centre somewhere.
Four mismatched AGMs from a caravan graveyard, two of them quietly dying — living the dream 🔋
Honestly though, biggest lesson I learned: test internal resistance before you buy, not after you've...
Mine did the same until I realised I'd been letting them sit at 100% SOC all winter like a plonker — turns out babying them at 80% storage charge is less "paranoid" and more "basic...
Mine hummed like a choir on a narrowboat for months until I realised it was sitting on a metal bracket that was basically acting as a resonance amplifier — swapped it for some rubber...
HalfAJob55 | Posts: 156 | Location: Array.
48V means half the current for the same watts — thinner cable, less heat, fewer "why is this melting" moments at 11pm on a canal in Wolverhampton.
Mate, 1.6kW array with a 150/10 is the sweet spot where you're not crying about missing generation but also not throwing money at a 250/100 you'll never fully utilise — respect the pragmatism.
The...
£200 for a van setup is like asking for a full cooked breakfast for 50p — technically possible if you're not fussy about the beans.
That said, I'd bin the idea of new gear entirely.
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