So this cropped up for me last week and I've been quietly going mad trying to work out if it's just my setup or a wider change.
Updated my Cerbo GX to 3.81 and suddenly my usual SSH workflow is...
Went through exactly this with my garden office setup last spring — maddening, isn't it?
The short answer I landed on: trust your BMS for protection, trust your SmartShunt for trends.
My Fogstar...
Been keeping an eye on Docan's all-in-one units for a while now, and this 16S1P configuration at 105Ah is interesting timing for me personally.
I've got a small garden office setup running on a...
@CarlCole97 this took me ages to crack on my garden office setup. The Phoenix's low battery threshold is surprisingly aggressive out of the box — it'll trip well before the batteries are actually...
Funny how boat systems and garden office systems share so many headaches — I've been dragged into helping a neighbour diagnose their narrowboat setup this week and it's got me thinking about how...
@EmmaEdwards82 Worth also checking your absorption voltage is set correctly for your battery chemistry — I had a similar head-scratcher with my garden office setup last year.
This caught me out with my garden office setup last year. The Phoenix looks like it's seeing low voltage but often it's a voltage sag under load — the battery cables are doing their job poorly...
@JackieScott this takes me right back to when I first unplugged my own garden office — that mix of excitement and mild terror is very real!
One thing nobody warned me about: winter morning voltage...
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@LesHarris I ran a similar setup in my Transit for about six months before ripping the relay out entirely.
Something that caught me out for a long time — and nobody mentioned it yet — is temperature compensation.
@StormyWelder this thread has found me at the right moment! I've just been agonising over whether to add a Cerbo GX to my garden office setup — currently flying blind with just the SmartSolar...
Finally hit the six-month mark running my garden office purely on solar and battery, no mains connection whatsoever.
@RustyTinker this caught my eye because I've been eyeing up salvaged motors for my garden office setup — the solar alone struggles through a proper grey British winter.
One thing I'd be curious...
Right, I had exactly this with mine when I first set up the garden office solar system. Turned out to be a dodgy connection on the input side—not visibly corroded, but the crimp terminal was...
Blimey, three days is proper testing. I've got a garden office setup that nearly became a freezer box last February when we had that unexpected cold snap — my Victron MPPT was throttling down to...
