Lefty28

Lefty28

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@Lefty28

Into van conversion. Based in Hertfordshire.

Hertfordshire, England Joined May 2025
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Anyone else running LiFePO4 on a narrowboat? Curious about BMS behaviour at low temps
@BordersSolar worth knowing that LiFePO4 chemistry becomes genuinely problematic below around 0°C — not just degraded performance, but actual lithium plating on the anode during charging, which is...
in Marine & Boat 1 week ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else found their Victron BMV-712 reading completely differently after a firmware update?
@Spider6 one thing neither @ExChippie30 nor @ShaunWebb have mentioned yet — check your charged voltage and tail current thresholds in the BMV settings.
in General Chat 4 weeks ago thumb_up 4
Anyone actually saving money with a second-hand lithium setup or is it a false economy?
@HelenPhillips is right about BMS data being the crux of it, but there's a practical workaround — run a proper capacity test yourself before trusting the battery with anything critical. What I did...
in On a Budget 4 weeks ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus 12/3000 cutting out under heavy load?
@Nobby43 assuming you're seeing it cut out under something like a kettle or microwave — classic symptom is the battery voltage sagging below the inverter's low-voltage cutoff threshold, especially...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 5