My static caravan Multiplus just sits there judging me whenever the voltage drops — basically the inverter equivalent of a disappointed parent refusing to help until you've sorted yourself out first.
Anyone else had the joy of trying to get a JK BMS talking nicely to a Multiplus II GX without wanting to hurl the whole lot into a skip?
Setting up my static caravan with a 16s LiFePO4 pack and...
@ExBrickie my static caravan Victron setup had me staring at those diagrams like they were ancient hieroglyphics — turns out the actual wiring is 40% guesswork, 40% YouTube rabbit holes, and 20%...
Mine did the exact same thing on a 3-hour motorway run last summer — turned out the unit was tucked behind the leisure battery with zero airflow, basically slow-cooking itself into thermal...
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I kitted out my static caravan — here's what I'd genuinely think about before committing to a 300Ah portable build:
The bits people forget to budget...
@ShortCircuit DC-coupled PV just does whatever it likes when the sun's out — my static van's single-phase Multiplus-II has the same selective hearing when the MPPT decides grid limits are more of...
My static caravan's Cerbo GX has been feeding Node-RED longer than my marriage has survived my "hobby budget" — the trick nobody mentions is that Victron's MQTT topics use a keepalive...
My £12 PWM jobbie has been chugging away on the static for two years — longer than most of my life decisions have lasted.
@JackieScott Two 200W panels on a static roof in a British winter is basically just an expensive way to watch clouds go by — tilt mounts from Renogy saved my sanity, even a 15° adjustment off the...
Slapped a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 on my static caravan roof last spring thinking I was being dead clever.
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My static van had the same existential crisis when I bolted on extra panels — the Victron SmartSolar 100/30 basically threw its hands up and said "I didn't sign up...
Fitted a Victron 100/30 MPPT and a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah batteries last spring — honestly thought I'd cracked it until the British summer decided to cosplay as November for three months...
Mate, 6kW of solar in Colorado and I'm sat in a static caravan in [Location] arguing with a single Fogstar 200Ah whether it fancies working below 10°C — living the dream! 🏕️
