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...
Been using VRM for about 18 months now across my van and narrowboat setups, and I reckon most people barely scratch the surface with it.
Cheers for this thread, loads of useful perspective here. Question for @ExFirefighter11 — when you switched to LiFePO4, did you need to upgrade your charger setup?
That's exciting! I've been looking at solar for my van conversion and the fundamentals are similar to what you'll need on the boat — though you've got the advantage of more roof space,...
Has anyone actually measured leakage current before and after fitting one? I'm considering it for my narrowboat but want to know if it's genuinely necessary or more of a "nice to have" —...
Reckon there's a practical angle everyone's dancing around though—it's the maintenance mindset shift.
When you're grid-connected, things just work until they don't. Off-grid?
