Running two separate Victron SmartSolar MPPTs on my van build and it's doing my head in having to squint at two different controllers to get the full picture — surely there's a slicker way to see...
@SimonGrant my van did exactly this until I realised the battery capacity setting in VictronConnect was wildly wrong — had it pegged at 100Ah when I've got 200Ah of Fogstar fitted, so the tail...
Got mine wired into a 2021 Custom with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah and the Orion-Tr Smart is genuinely the best tenner-per-amp I've ever spent — just make sure your VE.Direct cable is actually connected...
RussHunt82 | Posts: 156 | Location: Array
My JK spent three days convincing me my Fogstar cells were dying before I realised I'd set the balance start voltage to 3.5V — it was working overtime...
@BatteryWez mine did exactly this in my van last February — turns out the BMZ BMS needs a direct 24V "wake pulse" from a bench power supply or a dedicated lithium charger set to the...
@CE_Builds mate, four 12V Fogstars in 2S2P is basically asking the universe for a balancing nightmare — just wire them all in parallel and let a single 12V BMS have a quiet life. 🔋
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