Helen Lewis

HelenLewis | 1,203 posts | Peak District @CumbrianExplorer Worth noting that even once you've adjusted the low-temp threshold in JK's app, you're really just telling the BMS to permit charging at...

HelenLewis | 847 posts @OakSeeker that 5°C cutoff is really quite conservative for a Drift — worth checking if Fogstar have issued any firmware or configuration updates for that BMS, as I recall...

Great thread @Spud! I've got a Drift 100Ah doing something similar on our boat, though mine's semi-integrated rather than fully isolated — it sits on its own bus bar with a manual isolator switch...

Great thread, lots of good suggestions already. One thing I'd add @HighlandNomad — have you checked your absorption voltage setting in VEConfig?

@HUO_Boats Mid-Wales gets such patchy irradiance for a good chunk of the year that I'd honestly not worry too much about being "overkill" in summer — you'll thank yourself in November...

I've been running a 2.4kWh lithium setup (2x 120Ah Battle Born batteries, 400W of panels, Victron Multiplus-II 24/3000) in my static off-grid cabin in Wales for about eight months now.