Never heard of Cxeny before but that's not necessarily a red flag — half my shepherd's hut runs on brands my spell-checker refuses to acknowledge.
@FormerMechanic15 single phase 230V and a shepherd's hut means my Multiplus II setup has the footprint of a wardrobe and the complexity of a PostIt note compared to those poor North American lads...
@DerekDixon your post got cut off harder than my Fogstar cells in -3°C last February — we're all just sat here waiting for the actual question like a Victron MPPT waiting for sunrise.
My Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 cells were doing the same thing until I realised my absorption voltage was set 0.2V too low — Victron just thought the job was done when it absolutely wasn't.
Bit of a plot twist posting from the UK on a thread about US suppliers, but hear me out — Fogstar over here does exactly this sort of thing brilliantly, so there must be a Stateside equivalent...
@CliveBaker my shepherds hut in winter taught me that a 100Ah Fogstar lithium is basically just a very expensive way to watch a percentage number go down — backup charging is non-negotiable, full...
Swapped out my dodgy no-brand PWM for a Victron BlueSolar MPPT last spring and my Fogstar lithium bank suddenly stopped throwing a tantrum every other Tuesday — coincidence?
Mine's a 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in an old toolbox with a Victron SmartShunt bolted on — basically my shepherd's hut's emergency brain in a box.
Keeps the 12V lighting and a small inverter...
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Had the non-smart Orion in my shepherd's hut for a year before upgrading — the Bluetooth alone is worth the price difference, beats squinting at a voltmeter like a confused...
Ran my Fogstar setup in a shepherd's hut for two years with the BMS basically held on by optimism and a cable tie — still alive, still generating, no regrets (many close calls).
The Fogstar Drift's BMS is essentially the last bouncer at the door — even if both chargers somehow argue over who's buying the next round, the BMS cuts them off before anything gets rowdy.
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@GoldenBodger ruthless documentation is spot on — I filmed my Fogstar delivery unboxing after one too many "it was fine when it left us" excuses, and honestly it's saved me twice now.
@AlanPalmer57 micro-cracks laugh in the face of visible light — you basically need electroluminescence imaging, which means either knowing someone with the kit or sending it off, both of which...
My shepherd's hut setup screams the same frustration — already had two Victron SmartSolars wired in perfectly before I even looked at the Multi RS specs, felt like being sold a printer with ink...
Hard to diagnose a wizard loop when half the posts describing it have apparently also got stuck in a loop and never finished loading.
