Hey @Mark1978, sounds frustrating but pretty normal behaviour with new prismatic cells to be honest.
@EllaDixon71 worth knowing the EcoFlow Smart Generator works best when paired with an EcoFlow battery ecosystem — if you're running Victron kit and a Fogstar it won't get that "auto-start on...
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@Ben1968 Good shout on upgrading from that ancient leisure battery - thing's probably got the capacity of a AA at this point!
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@WayneTaylor Ha, the "teenager on a Monday morning" description is spot on — I had exactly this with my 100/20 last winter!
Worth checking your battery temperature...
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Hey @BarryCrane, just to add to what @Chunk and @SamFrost are getting at — have you got a battery temperature sensor connected to the MPPT?
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@Gazza89 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — before spending anything, have you checked your cable sizing between the panel and controller?
Ha, joining the club of actually finishing a sentence here 😄
@GaryParker97 curious what you found — but while we wait for the rest of your post to materialise...
One thing worth flagging that I...
@BatteryWez had something similar with my BMZ 24V setup last spring. Worth checking whether the BMS has actually locked out entirely — there's often a manual wake sequence you can trigger via the...
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@NeilBurns91 Honestly that Fogstar setup sounds pretty reasonable for a shepherd's hut — they're cracking batteries for the money.
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@HarryJackson Yeah, had exactly this with my JK on a similar EVE setup. Turned out to be a power supply issue to the BMS communication board rather than a Bluetooth fault...
Great thread, @RayWatson81. I've been following Fogstar's development pretty closely, and I reckon they've genuinely stepped up their game compared to where they were a few years...
