Been running a Victron setup at my static caravan site for about three years now, and last autumn I finally bit the bullet on a proper upgrade rather than just patching things together with cable...
Same battle at my static caravan last winter, 200Ah Fogstar Drift cells with a JK BMS alongside the BMV-712.
What finally cracked it for me was tail current calibration.
@BarryWood I went through exactly this rabbit hole before sorting my static caravan setup. One thing that caught me out — the Multi RS Solar's generator input has some quirks around minimum load...
Had this exact headache last winter with my static caravan setup — Victron MPPT 75/15 paired fine first time, then I factory reset it when troubleshooting a battery issue and completely lost the...
Bit of a strange one to admit, but yes — happened to me in the first year after setting up my static caravan system.
The thing nobody tells you is that going off-grid doesn't automatically make...
@DustyHiker I'll give you an honest answer from bitter experience — last January at my static caravan in the Midlands, my flat-mounted 200W pulled barely enough to keep my Fogstar 100Ah ticked...
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@ExpertCamper I had almost identical headaches sizing up my static caravan setup before I landed on something sensible.
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Worth adding something nobody's mentioned yet — the resting voltage your MPPT reads immediately after a charge cycle will be artificially elevated when it's cold, so it thinks...
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@WrongFuse99 that 15° pitch is going to hurt you badly come November. I learned this the hard way with my static caravan setup — swapped to a steeper ground-mount frame over winter (around 45°)...
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@CopperMaker that stroppy teenager description is painfully accurate 😄
My static up in Derbyshire went through exactly this two winters ago with a non-heated LiFePO4.
Right, so I've finally convinced myself to sort out a proper backup system for the static. We're up in the Scottish Borders and the grid here can be properly unreliable in winter — last February...
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