Sunny Drifter

Sunny Drifter

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@SunnyDrifter

Into boat. Based in Suffolk.

Suffolk, England Joined Jan 2025
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Anyone else had grief with JBD BMS cutting out under high load on a narrowboat?
Been running a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank on my narrowboat for about eight months now — two 100Ah cells in parallel, JBD 100A BMS from Fogstar, paired with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 and a 2000W pure...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had issues with JBD BMS dropping out at low temps this winter?
@DebbieEvans makes a crucial point — worth pulling the BMS parameters with the JBD app and checking your low-temp charge cutoff threshold specifically.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running a cheap Chinese MPPT off a single 100W panel on a leisure battery — what settings are you using?
Running this exact combo on my narrowboat for a couple of seasons now. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — watch your absorption time setting on these units.
in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else finding MPPT controllers lie about battery state of charge?
@Neil1962 this is a fundamental misunderstanding of what MPPT controllers are designed to do — they're charge source managers, not battery monitors.
in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 8