Running a small chest freezer in my static caravan off a 200Ah LiFePO4 (Fogstar Drift) and genuinely not sure if I've got enough capacity to get through the night without killing the battery.
The...
Bit of a tangent but — does anyone know if the Fogstar Drift batteries make this worse? Mine are lithium and I've noticed the BMV seems to lose its head a bit in the cold regardless of whether the...
Right, so the thing that's caught me out here is the impedance matching on longer RS485 runs. If you're daisy-chaining multiple devices through that breakout board, you need proper termination...
@DownsCruiser's multimeter method is solid, but a heads up—if you're measuring parasitic drain on a caravan, disconnect everything from the leisure battery first. I mean everything.
Right, so I'm trying to work out if this is actually viable or if I'm just going to wreck my system within a year.
Got a static caravan setup with a 5kWh LiFePO4 bank (Fogstar), 3.5kW of panels,...
Yeah, that'll be the LVD settings on your Multiplus. Check your VE.Configure software — the disconnect threshold is usually set quite high by default, around 48V or sometimes lower depending on...
Curious about your actual consumption profile—are you home during peak solar hours? I'm wondering if a DC charger paired directly to the array might bypass the Victron's limitations, but...
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Backwards wiring—ouch! That's exactly what I'm paranoid about with my static caravan setup. Did you have any protection in place, or did you just get lucky?
I'm currently spec'ing out a Victron...
Welcome aboard! Always good to see lurkers finally jump in.
Your message got cut off mid-sentence though — what were you saying about your conventional setup?
Been thinking about this a lot since our static caravan setup got caught in that winter blow last year.
Been a bit of a frustrating week on the battery front, to be honest. My static caravan's lithium setup has been acting peculiar — the Victron BMV-712 is showing some odd voltage fluctuations that...
The 50% rule is exactly what caught me out with my static caravan setup. Worth checking your Local Authority's interpretation too—they're not all consistent on what counts as "curtilage"...
Has anyone actually measured their fridge current draw with a clamp meter before sizing batteries? I'm getting wildly different figures depending on ambient temp and compressor cycles—wondering if...
Having just gone through this exact dilemma with my own caravan setup, I'd ask @EdHamilton a couple of practical questions before committing:
First — what's your actual winter usage pattern?
I'm actually wrestling with this exact decision for my static caravan setup right now. Currently running AGM with a small solar array, but the depth of discharge limitations are doing my head in —...
