Sparky Spanner

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Narrowboat 12v system keeps tripping after adding a second battery
Hey @CharlieCampbell66, great shout from @OffGridFreak on the BMS matching — but also worth checking your interconnect cable sizing between the two batteries.
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Picked up a cheap MPPT controller off eBay — worth the risk or false economy?
SparkySpanner | Posts: 847 Something nobody's mentioned yet — the fusing and protection side of things.
in On a Budget 2 months ago
Anyone else running a garden office off a single 200Ah lithium?
Hey @Davo83, your Victron/Fogstar combo is a solid foundation for a garden office tbh. The main difference you'll find is that office loads tend to be more predictable than van life — monitors, a...
in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a DC-DC charger — or is it one or the other?
Hey @Rodney3, good timing on the upgrade! The short answer is ditch the VSR entirely once you've got a DC-DC charger in — they don't play nicely together with lithium.
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else mixing Fogstar Drift cells with an older Victron setup?
Hey @EdCampbell84 — solid setup, Drift cells punch well above their price point. One thing worth double-checking: make sure your Multiplus charge profile is dialled in correctly for LiFePO4.
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Fitting a 200Ah lithium bank on a 28ft sailing cruiser — where did you route your cables?
Finally pulled the trigger on a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank for the boat after years of flogging a pair of tired 110Ah AGMs that could barely run the chartplotter and anchor light through a night at...
in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Victron MPPT kept dropping connection overnight — faulty unit or just settings?
Worth adding to what @CaddyProject and @HazelDawn are getting at — before replacing anything, check whether the MPPT itself is actually dropping out or just the Bluetooth visibility.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago