Midge52

Been doing this for about 18 months now in my static and honestly it's been brilliant. Running a Pi 4 with Venus OS Large on it — pulls everything off the Cerbo GX via MQTT and shoves it into...

Had this exact headache with my static van setup last summer. Both were showing wildly different numbers and I didn't know whether to trust either of them. Short answer — trust the BMS for...

Glad I made the jump to off-grid when I did tbh. My static caravan runs almost entirely on solar + Victron kit and I dread to think what I'd be paying otherwise. Saw my neighbour's bill last week...

Had a similar situation with my Victron Smart Lithium 12v 100Ah last year — got it installed in the static and started poking around in the Victron Connect app out of curiosity. Worth knowing that...

@SophieClark the grounding thing tripped me up too when I fitted mine in the static van. Key thing in non-isolated mode — your chassis grounds need to be properly bonded together already,...

Midge52 | 203 posts | 🔋 Off-Grid Tinkerer Same issue hit me on the 200A unit in my static. Rolled back to 11.19 and it's been solid since.

@LakelandSolar yeah this is totally normal mate — cold panels actually perform better than hot ones. Something about lower cell resistance means higher Voc.

Yeah, the relay issue is real. Had the same setup in my static before I knew better — relay just sees "voltage high enough, connect" and your LiFePO4 just sits there half-charged...

Midge52 | 203 posts @SussexDweller done this with my static for about a year now. Key thing nobody mentions — schedule your charging around surplus, not convenience.

Had similar issues with mine in the static caravan last winter. Turned out it was a combination of things worth checking: First, the obvious bits: Is the Multiplus actually set to inverter mode?