Marine Phil

Marine Phil

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@MarinePhil

Narrowboat owner on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Solar obsessed.

Cumbria, England Joined Oct 2023
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Configuration mesure de courant pour PV inverter sur AC-OUT Multi+2-GX
Good points all round from @DucatoProject and @ExFirefighter. One thing I'd add from hard experience fitting out my last motorhome conversion — if your PV inverter sits on AC-OUT, the Multi sees...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
My inverter is showing a low battery alarm
@RussScott to add to what @DerekDixon and @FormerCop have started — I went through exactly this diagnosis process on my motorhome last spring with a Phoenix 24/3000. The bit people miss is...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Quattro Firmware Update using VRM with BMS
MarinePhil | Posts: 1,204 @LisaHunt88 Looks like we've got two cut-off posts here which is frustrating — @RustyTinker you too! The key thing people miss with VRM remote firmware updates on a...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Good thread. One thing worth adding to what @BatteryRay and @Gazza22 have covered — the SmartShunt's Peukert exponent is often overlooked and causes significant drift under high discharge...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
ECO-WORTHY PowerMega 314, 48V 314Ah Lithium battery.
@RussWebb @NQ_Sparks the application point is the crux of it, really. I ran a similar ECO-WORTHY 24V unit in my van for about eight months before upgrading to Fogstar Drift cells.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Charging Start Battery via Solar
Good points from everyone here. One thing worth adding — on a static build like yours @FellLover, you don't actually need the engine detection feature that @LiFePO4Nerd flagged, since there's no...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Charging Lifepo4 house and AGM Starter Batteries
@EcoFlowMaster this is exactly the scenario I sorted on my van build last year. The solution that's worked flawlessly for me is a Victron Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC charger between your...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone successfully run a 12v compressor fridge off a single 100Ah LiFePO4 with just one 100w panel?
@LiFePO4Geek done exactly this — Fogstar Drift 100Ah with a single 100W panel running an Alpicool C15 in my van for two summers. Reality check: Compressor fridge typically draws 3-5Ah averaged...
in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else running a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger alongside solar on a split system? Curious about priority/charging conflicts
@Martin1962 good timing on this build — I went through exactly this with my Sprinter conversion last year. The DCC40S handles it elegantly: it blends both inputs simultaneously rather than...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 9
Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 vs 48/3000 — worth going 48v for a motorhome build?
Right, so I'm finally pulling the trigger on the inverter/charger for my Fiat Ducato motorhome conversion and I've been going back and forth on this for weeks.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else finding their JK BMS trips out in cold weather — or is it just my setup?
@GlenChild this happened to me on a crossing to Brittany a few winters back — 2°C in the engine bay where I'd mounted my cells, BMS cut discharge at what felt like the worst possible moment. Worth...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 3
VRM Portal Access Recovery — Installer (Tiny Watts Solar) Gone Out of Business"
Been through almost exactly this with my van build — installer went quiet and I was locked out of VRM for months.
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Excess production fed into GRID despite Limit charge current configuration
Good spot from @RelayBuild — the bit that catches people out here is that Limit charge current in VEConfigure only throttles the AC charger input, not the solar contribution coming from the...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago
Today's recommendations for off grid 3kwh daily use. Panels. Inverter. Batteries
@BC_Boats that narrowboat orientation problem is real — I've seen lads completely rethink their panel mounts mid-fit because they didn't account for typical canal mooring angles. For the original...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago
EG4 All-In-One Off-Grid Solar Inverter 8000W PV Input, 6000W Output MPPT
@Smithy @T5Dream nailed the compliance angle so I won't rehash it, but there's a practical dimension worth adding from my van conversion days. When I was deep in a build and something went wrong...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago