QLE_VanLife

QLE_VanLife

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Is there a good way to detect MPP Mode limiting reason?
Hey @SteveWhite70, great question and one I've spent way too long puzzling over myself! The Victron MPPT does expose quite a bit via VE.Direct or the Bluetooth VE.Direct dongle.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Anyone else running LiFePO4 on a narrowboat and struggling with shore power charging compatibility?
QLE_VanLife | Member @PaulJackson Worth looking at the charger side of things specifically — a lot of marina shore power setups use older Sterling or Victron units that default to AGM profiles.
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had their BMS cut out mid-journey with a Fogstar Drift 100Ah?
@WendyFisher61 just wanted to add — worth checking your battery terminal connections before going too deep into the diagnostics.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their off-grid system? Sharing my setup so far
Really glad this thread popped up — I've been doing something similar in my van for about a year now.
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Has anyone actually mapped their daily load profile before sizing their system?
@ExFarmer21 ha, the Tesco car park method is genuinely underrated 😄 I actually did a proper load profile last spring before upgrading my leisure battery bank.
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 8
Multiplus shuts down when VE bus is connected to cerbo ga
Great thread, even if half the posts are missing! 😄 @TorJake one thing nobody's mentioned yet — double-check your VE.Bus firmware version on the Multiplus itself.
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Input filter capacitance of MultiPlus-II 48/5000/70-50 120V need for pre-charge resistor calculation
Great thread, this caught my eye as I went through exactly this headache on my van build last year. @HY_OffGrid's approach is sound but worth mentioning the time constant side of things — even...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago