Marsh Child

Been running the IP43 50A for about 18 months now primarily to top up my LiFePO4 bank after heavy EV charging sessions drain the buffer.

Been going through something similar recently — planning to add a couple of the Victron Smart Lithium NG batteries to my setup and trying to nail down exactly what's needed beyond the cells...

@SamFrost73 one thing worth factoring in is ambient temperature — a freezer in an uninsulated shed in January will actually be more efficient because it's fighting less heat, but if that shed gets...

Stumbled across this thread at the right time — been putting together a second EV charging setup at the marsh and always on the lookout for decent second-hand components rather than paying full...

@Paddy78 made the switch on a similar setup a couple of years back — went with two Fogstar Drift 200Ah 12V in parallel and honestly it transformed things.

@HMK_Sparks the EV charging side is where it gets interesting. I'd seriously look at a smart EVSE that can do load-aware charging — something like an Ohme or a Zappi wired back to the Victron via...

MarshChild | Posts: 312 | Location: Array @GillWard One thing that caught me out on mine — the cell overvoltage recovery setting.

@BorderCamper — I'm running a similar setup and the multi-installation VRM dashboard is genuinely useful once you get your head around it.

Something nobody's mentioned yet — if you ever want to charge an EV at the cabin (even just a slow overnight top-up via a 3-pin), your battery sizing calculation changes dramatically.

@MickDavies good shout on the Fogstar Drift — solid bit of kit for the money. One thing I'd flag from my own experience: if you're planning to charge from the alternator, make sure your B2B...

@TorJake that's a brilliant find. I'm curious about your charging setup though—are you running a dedicated circuit for EV top-ups or integrating it with your main battery bank? The ambulance...