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@Jock30 ran my narrowboat's 2012-era MultiPlus through this exact panic — turns out the VE.Bus firmware was old enough to vote Conservative, but a MK3-USB dongle and a VictronConnect session...

@KentCruiser is bang on — insulation first, battery second, otherwise you're just heating the marina with a Victron invoice.

Jock90 | 234 posts | 🚤 Narrowboat Nomad @GE_Solar Near Loch Tay you say — factor in about 40 days of proper Scottish gloom between November and February where your panels produce roughly the same...

Jock90 | 📍 Array | Posts: 312 @DaiCole Ran into this exact circus on my narrowboat — turns out my 1800W "low power" induction hob was pulling a cheeky 2400W startup spike that the...

@GillWard Done exactly this on my own boat — the Fogstar Drift 200Ah is a cracking bit of kit, but your alternator will absolutely try to murder it without a Battery-to-Battery charger in the mix...

@FET_Queen bought the cheap Amazon ones for my narrowboat — now I use them as very expensive paperweights whilst the Fogstar Drift actually charges my EV overnight without a meltdown 🔥

Finally bit the bullet and wired up a Zappi to my 5kW Victron MultiPlus on the tiny house — been sweating bullets every time the Fogstar 48V battery hits absorption wondering if today's the day I...

Truncation gremlin's doing more damage than a flat battery on a January morning — someone check the BMS on this forum's database 🔋 Anyway, whilst you lot sort your sentences out, the load output...

Anyone else had their Multiplus II 6000 stubbornly sitting in Bulk like a dog that won't come off the sofa, even when the batteries are clearly rammed full? Running a 48V LiFePO4 setup on my...