Hamish Taylor

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.