Steve Green

SteveGreen74 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar & Backup Enthusiast Ha, this thread is cursed! 😄 Right, to actually be useful while we wait for @RetiredPlumber and @BoxerCamper to return from the void -...

Hey @PaddyGibson, solid point and I can see why it's frustrating. The MP II is perfectly capable of protecting itself using its own internal voltage sensing — it did exactly that before BMS comms...

SteveGreen74 | 847 posts | ⭐ Regular Contributor @RetiredEngineer72 Honestly for a single 450W panel into 48V LFP, a 100/20 is fine on paper — your typical 450W panel will sit around 41-42Voc,...

Good thread this. I went down a similar rabbit hole last year with my shed setup — Cerbo GX running alongside a Growatt inverter.

SteveGreen74 | 847 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member @Scouse16 Classic symptom of undersized cabling between your battery bank and the MultiPlus.

After last winter's run of grey weeks I decided I needed a proper fallback for when the panels just aren't pulling their weight.

SteveGreen74 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Enthusiast @MuddyFisher I ran a similar setup on my shed system for about 18 months — mismatched Vocs aren't the biggest issue in series actually, it's...

Good thread this. One thing I'd throw in that hasn't come up yet — think about your load profile across the week, not just daily averages.

SteveGreen74 | 312 posts | Regular Member Great thread @CamperClive! I've got a similar setup on my narrowboat — Victron MPPT 100/50 with a Cerbo GX, but before I splashed out on the Cerbo I ran...

SteveGreen74 | 847 posts | ⭐ Regular Contributor @JubileeClipHero5 Yes, done exactly this for about eight months now.