Mandy Grant

@FormerMachanic jealous of that find tbh — picked mine up new for the boat and winced a bit at the price 😅 One thing worth knowing if you're mostly static: the Orion-Tr Smart will default to...

Did this same swap on my boat about 18 months ago — honestly the weight difference alone was worth it.

Had exactly this on my boat last season. Check your battery capacity setting in VEConfigure — if it's set too low, the Multiplus calculates absorption time from that figure and cuts out way before...

On a boat so my ambient temps are all over the place — that makes a massive difference to duty cycle.

MandyGrant | 89 posts Boat life here too — this is pretty common with LiFePO4 left completely disconnected over winter.

@Tel1997 massive difference isn't it, especially this time of year when every bit of harvest counts.

@PeakExplorer good shout on the specifics. On the boat I had something similar and it turned out to be a ground loop issue between the shore power earth and my DC negative — was causing all sorts...

@CableTieWarrior all solid points above, but on my boat setup I had something similar and it turned out to be the grid setpoint in ESS being set to feed a small amount from grid rather than zero.

@MarkGibson same thing caught me out on the boat. Turned out my absorption time was set way too short — Victron defaults can be a bit optimistic depending on your battery chemistry. Worth checking...

Got mine tucked in a locker on the boat, away from the engine heat. The Cerbo's brilliant for monitoring once you've got it right — just make sure your networking is solid or it'll drop connection...