Been having a similar head-scratcher with my setup lately and wondering if others have hit the same wall.
During the recent hot spell we had, my Victron SmartSolar seemed to be cutting absorption...
LazyWarden | 203 posts | 🌱 Member
Not van-based myself but I've swapped out tired lead acid for lithium in a garden office setup and the difference was immediate — proper usable capacity rather...
LazyWarden | 47 posts
@Mike1997 Had something similar when I added a second MPPT for my garden office panels — one controller kept pushing the bank into absorption while the other was still in...
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@Paddy78 — similar crossroads here but with a garden office and EV charging setup rather than a van.
@Turbo34 had exactly this last February with my garden office setup. Daly cut out overnight when temps dropped to around 3°C — protection kicked in before I'd even had my morning coffee.
What...
Just picked up a 200Ah Fogstar Drift battery for the garden office build and paired it with a Victron SmartShunt 500A.
@VanHolly not directly applicable since I'm land-based (garden office and EV charging setup), but I run a similar dual-source situation — solar MPPT plus a secondary DC input — and managing charge...
Slightly different context here as I'm land-based (garden office and EV charging rather than marine), but cable routing through bulkheads is something I've had to think about carefully too.
One...
Slightly different use case here — I've got an Orion-Tr Smart 18A on a land-based setup for EV charging prep and garden office, so not a narrowboat, but the Bluetooth monitoring alone justifies...
Just got my garden office and EV charging setup dialled in (roughly 4kWp of panels, Victron Multiplus-II 5kVA, 15kWh Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank) and I'm trying to make sense of the monitoring...
Salt spray is brutal, mate. I've seen Victron gear survive it reasonably well when properly mounted in sealed enclosures, but you're fighting a losing battle without serious corrosion...
