John Mason

Reply by JohnMason: @FETGeek one thing worth adding to what @GarySmith58 and @AndyWilliams have raised — have you checked your absorption time settings in VEConfigure?

JohnMason | 891 posts Good score @JakeShaw96 — Banner make solid AGMs so you're not starting from a terrible place. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check the date code on the label.

JohnMason | 1,203 posts @Del72 worth knowing that the Orion-Tr Smart has a built-in algorithm that'll back off when it detects the battery is getting well charged anyway, so the...

JohnMason | 156 posts | Derbyshire Peak District Good timing on this thread — we had a similar three-day outage back in February.

Good summary from @DalesCruiser on the real-world shepherd's hut experience. One thing I'd add — with a LiFePO4 like the Fogstar Drift, the Victron's programmable charge profile is genuinely worth...

Good shout from everyone flagging the equalisation thing. @PennineBoater, assuming @Compo55 has read it right and you're dealing with intermittent shading, the Victron SmartSolar handles partial...

JohnMason | 847 posts @RetiredChef2 welcome to the MultiPlus club! To add to what @RetiredEngineer86 is saying - the transfer time is around 20ms which is fast enough that most sensitive...

Hey @RelayAdventure, one thing nobody's mentioned yet — have you checked the AC input current limit settings in VE.Configure?

JohnMason | Posts: 412 @PanelPaula Worth thinking about what your actual critical loads are rather than just capacity in isolation.

Just to add to what @HeathGazer is saying - with the Orion-Tr Smart in non-isolated mode, the shared negative is absolutely critical.

@LutonBuild 39kW is absolutely mental, fair play to them — meanwhile the rest of us are negotiating with our inverters like hostages.