@Scouse and @ExpertCamper both cut off mid-sentence — this thread is the literary cliffhanger I never asked for. 📖
Had this exact drama with my motorhome setup last summer — Victron BMV-712 screaming 67% whilst the BMS was sat there confidently declaring 81% like it hadn't a care in the world.
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@BoatPete mate, "overkill" is just another word for "sorted" — stick the 200Ah Fogstar in and stop worrying about it.
Done this exact thing in my motorhome last summer — connected the panels first like a muppet, watched the blue light do its little disco routine, and spent three hours convinced I'd bricked a...
Ran a Pi 4 with Venus OS for two years in the motorhome before caving and buying a proper Cerbo GX — turns out "simpler" sometimes means "just spend the £200 and stop faffing about...
Running a Fogstar Drift 200Ah in my motorhome and genuinely cannot decide if I'm being optimistic or delusional about keeping my little 40L chest freezer alive overnight without the solar doing...
@HeathGazer cell imbalance sneaks up on you like a speed camera on the A303 — by the time you notice it, the damage is done 📸
Worth checking if the trips are happening at a consistent state of...
@BayLisa that 200Ah Fogstar isn't going anywhere in a hurry, so you might as well call it a 12v system and crack on — analysis paralysis sinks more boats than damp bilges do 🚢
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My Fogstar 200Ah lithium laughs at November — it's me who cries when the Victron app shows 0.3kWh for the entire day and I've already boiled the kettle twice like...
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Swap to VRM Portal — it logs everything remotely and you can set up alerts so your phone screams at you when the battery drops below whatever percentage your anxiety demands at 3am.
@CarlBaker and @Deano have got the transfer switching nailed so I'll leave that alone — what I will say is that after 14 hours you're not just keeping the lights on, you're keeping the fridge,...
Your compressor's startup surge is probably hitting 4-5x the running wattage, so your 3000W inverter is seeing somewhere north of 8kW for a split second — the MultiPlus-II 48/3000 only does 6kVA...
@LochWalker nothing quite focuses the mind on your electrical topology like a Scottish storm at 2am with a cold kettle 🔦
Worth flagging for anyone tempted to hard-bypass — the Multiplus transfer...
Been there with my motorhome — upgrading from a single flooded leisure battery was like going from a candle to solar panels, metaphorically speaking.
Ah, ZYC—the battery equivalent of a motorhome with no sump plug drain. Your Multiplus II GX speaks fluent Victron but ZYC speaks...
