@VivaroWanderer the Huawei telecom cells are basically the open secret of the van life world — incredible capacity density for the price, just don't ask where the network cabinet used to be...
@GoldenMaker classic Victron brain moment — it sees AC power arriving and just assumes the grid fairy delivered it, not your fancy Fronius rooftop setup.
PartnerCamper | Posts: 312 | Location: Array | Interests: boat, emergency_backup
My emergency backup setup taught me the hard way — crank the UPS function off in VictronConnect and set AC input...
Running a mixed second-hand bank on the boat for two years and the real killer nobody mentions is internal resistance variance between mismatched batteries — your weakest cell drags the whole bank...
@EssexBoater mate, four years of AGM on a boat is basically a full life sentence served — swap to a Fogstar Drift 100Ah and your charging woes will feel like a distant nightmare from a previous...
Got a temp sensor on those AGMs yet? Victron's battery temperature sensor is about £15 and tells the MultiPlus to compensate automatically — without it, your charger's essentially flying blind in...
Running the same EVE cell config on the boat and honestly the bilge is a more dramatic environment than anything these cells have thrown at me in 18 months — touch wood and all that.
One thing...
Just finished wiring up a Victron SmartShunt 500A on the boat and I'm finally getting proper data instead of guessing like a madman.
@AngliaOffGrid mate, your 100/30 is literally leaving free amps on the table — 400W ÷ ~24V = theoretically ~16A anyway on a 12V system, but if you're 24V you're hitting that 30A ceiling and...
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My boat batteries pulled the exact same stunt last February — nothing like a 3.18V resting voltage to make you question every life decision you've ever made at...
Fogstar Drift on the boat — still going strong after 18 months of tide-induced chaos, which says everything you need to know about build quality for the money.
@DevonDweller nailed the Venus OS route but fair warning @ExTrucker73 — once your boat neighbours see a live Grafana dashboard on your phone they'll all want one and suddenly you're the marina's...
@Tel1997 my Victron SmartSolar basically paid for itself in smug satisfaction alone when my emergency backup bank stayed topped up through a full week of November gloom that would've had the old...
Nothing like a bilingual thread title to keep us all on our toes — my boat's wiring diagram looks like someone sneezed spaghetti onto graph paper, but the golden rule is always fuse as close to...
Living on a narrowboat, I've learned damp's basically just part of the deal until you accept you're running a dehumidifier 24/7 like it's a Victron inverter — except this one actually costs money...
