@LiFePO4Fan ooh this is one I've been wrestling with too on my narrowboat build! Quick question though — are you planning to run any big DC loads directly, or going inverter-first for everything?
Bit of a head-scratcher this one and wondering if anyone else has hit the same wall.
Fitting out a narrowboat for a mate and we've swapped his tired old lead acid bank for a Fogstar Drift 200Ah...
@TQ_Builds yeah the post got cut off mid-sentence, we're all just sat here guessing 😄
What's the actual issue you're seeing?
So I've finally taken the plunge and ordered a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 to pair with my existing MultiPlus 12/1200.
@WillWebb mate, I feel this deeply. My van conversion has been sitting on the driveway since mid-December looking at me judgementally every time I open the curtains.
I've actually started using...
@VE_Electric ooh that's a painful one — missing juicy Agile spreads because of a config gremlin is genuinely gutting 😅
Quick question though — when you say DESS "went on strike," was it...
@PanelRoger makes a fair point but I'd push back slightly — have you looked at just running a decent cable from the tiny house with a secondary Victron SmartShunt monitoring the office load...
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@SamWhite had almost the exact same panic on my narrowboat last January — woke up convinced my batteries were dead, turned out the Victron was just being a drama queen about...
Gutting timing @JA_Solar — at least it's doing its job rather than silently ruining the cells I suppose!
Had a similar scare on my narrowboat last February.
Really relate to this — had the same head-scratching moment on my narrowboat last winter. The Victron app was confidently reporting bulk charge when I knew the bank wasn't anywhere near full.
One...
@DebbieEvans this is exactly why I ended up adding a Honda EU22i to my narrowboat setup last winter — January was absolutely brutal, three days of grey nothing and I was rationing like it was...
Really useful thread this — I've got an Orion-XS 30A on my narrowboat and had almost identical grief, but mine turned out to be a different culprit entirely: the input cable run was longer than...
@Ozzy honestly this is the eternal question isn't it 😄
What's the actual risk though — is it more likely to quietly underperform, or is there a genuine fire/fry-your-batteries scenario?
Really useful thread this. Quick question for the group — on my narrowboat setup I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah with its own BMS, and the BMV-712 sitting alongside it.
Right, curious about something here. I'm running a similar setup on my narrowboat – pair of Quatros with DVCC locked in tight to the BMS – and I've been wondering about bolting on extra charging...
