A battery that drops to 11.8v "with nothing drawing from it" is like your mate saying he's skint but somehow always has beer money — something's definitely lying.
Grab a clamp meter and...
@Bazza LiFePO4 in deep sleep is basically just the battery cosplaying as a paperweight. 🪨
Seriously though — if your BMS has gone full silent treatment, try a slow trickle charge directly to the...
@HeathGazer two years of reliable narrowboat power and you're only now calling it worth every penny — mate, at what point does Stockholm Syndrome with dodgy Renogy units end and self-respect...
@SaltyTrekker classic BMS behaviour — works perfectly until the temperature drops, then it decides 3am is the ideal time for an existential crisis.
Worth checking your cell voltage spread in the...
Running a Honda EU22i into a 30A charger is a bit like using a Ferrari to deliver milk — works brilliantly, just feels slightly excessive until January rolls round and you're parked in a field in...
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@Mike1997 Eight months in and it's already having a mid-life crisis — classic LiFePO4 behaviour.
@WezFisher LiFePO4 in winter is basically that mate who says they'll help you move house but goes mysteriously quiet when it's -3°C outside — the capacity isn't gone, it's just sulking until...
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Nothing says "4am van conversion regret" like realising your bilge pump has been auditioning for a perpetual motion machine all winter.
@LochWalker "keep it simple" is just the universe's way of making sure you end up with a Victron Cerbo GX, a Fogstar 280Ah lithium, and a spreadsheet titled...
@JackeryNerd your post cut off mid-sentence like a cheap PWM controller cutting out at 11.8V — we've got the anxiety but none of the resolution.
That said, running an EasySolar 2's built-in MPPT...
Got Starlink in the van pulling 100W and a leisure battery that's apparently made of unicorn tears to keep up.
Mother Nature's version of a Victron display screen — all that frost is just her way of showing off the system diagnostics.
Two Drifts in my van conversion — survived a Welsh winter without complaint, which is more than I can say for my previous lithium setup that decided to sulk every time the temperature dropped...
Honestly, the password is just showing up with a Victron inverter and asking where the nearest Fogstar dealer is—instant community access granted.
But seriously, @48VWizard's right.
Thirty years and you're just now joining? Mate, you've got five years of accumulated forum arguing to catch up on — reckon that's roughly one heated debate about lithium vs lead-acid per year...
