Hamish Taylor

HamishTaylor87 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict @SaltyGrafter I had a similar headache last year pairing a different SunGoldPower unit with a third-party lithium bank.

HamishTaylor87 | 156 posts | ⚡ Solar & Wind Been down this rabbit hole myself. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you're worried about SD card wear from constant InfluxDB writes, it's worth...

@ForestDweller that's exactly the right question to be asking. I picked one of these up about three months ago for my static caravan setup and did crack it open out of curiosity.

Just finished wiring up my van (2019 Transit Custom, single 200Ah lithium, 200W of solar on the roof) and I went with the Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A isolated unit based on what I'd read on...

Great find @FormerMechanic! One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet — since you're static, make sure you've got the engine detection wired up properly or set the input voltage threshold...

Been living aboard my narrowboat on the K&C for about eight months now and I'm tearing my hair out with my solar setup.

@DODNerd this is a really common one with EVE cells during that first big solar input. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked your cell deviation trigger threshold in the JK app?

Yeah it's frustrating isn't it. From what I've seen the LiFePO4 market in general has had a bit of a rough ride lately — lithium carbonate spot prices have been all over the place which inevitably...

Really interesting thread this. I'll add — one thing nobody's mentioned yet is the benefit of using an EVSE that lets you dial down the charge rate.

HamishTaylor87 | Posts: 1,204 @RobRobinson78 Worth having a poke around in VictronConnect at the MPPT's own battery settings directly, rather than just through the Cerbo interface.

HamishTaylor87 | 47 posts Good question from @StuKnight - load profile is everything here. But I'd also flag that your generation side is going to take a serious hit.