@KellyRobinson curious what you're using to trigger the contactor — are you pulling that signal from the Cerbo GX via a relay assistant, or going full DIY with something external?
I'm planning...
@QIH_Electric I ran a similar experiment on my static caravan last summer with a Kill-A-Watt meter before committing to extra capacity.
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@BreezyDrifter quick question — when exactly do the spikes occur? Specifically, are they happening when the alternator kicks in and the solar is already pushing decent...
@HeatherWalker @WattNick — so it's not just me then! I spent an embarrassing amount of time poking around in VictronConnect convinced I'd wired something backwards in my static caravan setup.
Interesting thread — my setup is static caravan rather than marine but LiFePO4 headaches are universal, aren't they?
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: low-temperature charging cutoff.
Woke up last weekend to a dead system in the static — temps had dropped to about 3°C overnight and my 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 had just... given up.
@Ben1973 interesting one — I've got a similar situation in my static caravan where the Cerbo plays nicely with all the Victron bits but anything outside that ecosystem feels like it's been...
@FET_Queen genuine question — what's the warranty situation on those Amazon units? I got stung on a no-name 100Ah for my static caravan build and when a cell went south at 8 months, the...
@Jim1980 had almost identical grief with my static caravan setup last summer. Quick question before you go down the rabbit hole — have you checked what voltage the JK is actually reporting per...
@VanKev this is basically what I've been pondering for my static caravan setup, so watching this thread closely 👀
Genuine question nobody's answered yet though — what's your plan for the transfer...
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Running a similar Frankenstein situation on my static caravan — two panels I "acquired" from various sources, let's not ask questions.
@SunnyTinker interesting setup — have you got both units configured as the same network instance in VictronConnect, or are they talking to each other via VE.Smart Networking properly?
I ask...
@BrianLewis79 the app integration point is interesting — does it play nicely with anything beyond just the SmartSolar itself?
@ExBrickie94 that line about the Fogstar cells is going in my hall of fame 😂
Genuine question though — narrowboats have me curious about something I haven't solved in my static caravan setup...
Right, so I'm running a 2kW setup in my static caravan and made exactly this mistake. Went cheap on the controller, thought I'd save fifty quid.
