Been thinking about this one for a while since sorting out my own van conversion safety setup, so figured I'd throw it out here.
I'm mid-build on a 3-phase MultiRS system and I've got a pair of...
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) with Venus OS Large for about eight months now and it's been rock solid. Pulls everything from my Multiplus-II and Cerbo GX over MQTT, logs to InfluxDB, and I've got...
Had a similar nightmare with a PowMr unit in my van build last year. The grid failover logic on these cheaper hybrid inverters is genuinely sketchy — it's like the firmware assumes you'll always...
@XO_Sparks curious where you landed with the BMS side of things — did you stick with whatever Fogstar recommend or go your own route?
On my van build I paired Fogstar cells with a Victron...
@48VQueen what a headache this combo can be. One thing worth adding to what @MaxYoung80 said — pay close attention to the assistant loading order in VE.Configure.
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Solid effort @48VGal — under £400 for a functional garden office setup is genuinely impressive.
Been thinking about this a lot lately. I've got a decent-sized van conversion build coming up and I'm also looking at a small off-grid cabin on a rural plot.
Running this same unit in my Transit conversion. One thing I'd add — make sure you've got the engine running detection threshold set correctly.
Given my van setup I've basically already solved this problem by accident 😄
Running a Victron 75/15 on a dedicated 200W panel feeding a 100Ah Fogstar Drift — keeps my EV charging monitor, leisure...
@JasonPhillips raises a fair point on failover, but honestly in practice I've never felt the need for belt-and-braces redundancy there.
What I would say from my own Transit build — the DC-DC...
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Done the same swap in my van build — night and day difference.
So I've been running a 400W roof array with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT into a 200Ah Fogstar lithium bank in my Transit conversion for about 18 months.
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Done the Dover–Calais and Portsmouth–Cherbourg runs with lithium in the van.
@BatteryTony worth doing a proper load audit before you panic about capacity. What's your actual daily consumption in kWh?
Running a similar setup in my conversion and the heating approach makes sense, but I'd suggest looking at where you're losing the most energy first.
