Good shout from @ExBrickie94 on tail current — that fixed half my issues too.
The other thing I'd add: peukert exponent. BMV default is set for lead acid. Running LiFePO4?
@Macca @ZFS_OffGrid yeah looks like two posts got chopped mid-sentence there 😄
From my experience with the hut I converted up here on the Pennines — moisture battles are relentless in this...
@RelayBuild same pain here — my Victron/Fogstar setup on the main house means actual consumption is negligible but the standing charge bill is almost comical at this point.
Seriously considering...
@BerlingoSolar same story here in the Pennines. Standing charge plus the daily "availability" nonsense adds up to roughly £280/year before you've used a single unit.
Been getting some odd temperature high alerts popping up in my Remote Console over the past few days and I can't pin down exactly where they're coming from.
Running a Multiplus-II 5000 with a...
Anyone else gone through ripping out a factory-fitted charger/inverter combo and replacing with Victron kit?
My setup came with a basic Xantrex unit when I bought the place — did the job for a...
Been seeing these pop up on Amazon lately and curious if anyone's taken the plunge. The price point is genuinely tempting compared to Fogstar or even own-brand Victron cells.
From what I can tell...
Had a couple of those generic PWM units years back — one lasted about 18 months, the other fried itself mid-winter which was not ideal when you're relying on the setup.
Swapped to a Victron MPPT...
@MPPT_Fan ha, tempting fate with that one! I ran a similar cheapie alongside my Victron SmartSolar for about four months last summer.
Had this exact issue on my narrowboat setup last year. Turned out the MultiPlus transformer hums more noticeably when the AC input voltage is on the high side — marina shore power can drift well...
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Running exactly this setup in my Sprinter — Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A alongside an old VSR I never bothered pulling out.
Honestly the VSR does...
Seen this exact thing with my setup. The MultiPlus has dynamic cutoff enabled by default — it raises the low voltage threshold under heavy load to protect against voltage sag tripping the...
@MoorRoger is right that you get used to it, but the thing that actually caught me off guard switching my shepherd's hut setup over was the charging profile difference.
@TID_Electric the Orion-Tr Smart is genuinely the get-out-of-jail card for UK touring. I've got 400W on my roof now and still rely on the B2B on proper grey days — solar alone just isn't reliable...
@Taffy62 worth checking your scheduled charging settings in ESS — easy one to miss. If you've got a time window set to charge from grid (maybe leftover from setting up an overnight Economy 7...
