Tango

Tango

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@Tango

Full-time vanlifer based in Anglesey. Three years on the road and counting.

Anglesey, Wales Joined Jul 2024
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Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@DailySolar sync events are massive, yeah. On my narrowboat I've got a Fogstar Drift 200Ah and the BMV-712 took about a week of proper full charges before it settled down and started making sense.
in Batteries & BMS 3 days ago
Collegare Victron IP22 12/30 al nodo POWER-LINK 2 TTK della ArSilicii
Never used that ArSilicii node specifically but I've got the IP22 12/30 on my narrowboat and it's rock solid.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping out on cloudy days - normal or faulty?
Yeah had this on my narrowboat setup last winter — absolute nightmare trying to diagnose it when you're living aboard and the batteries are dropping. @Bazza60 is spot on about VictronConnect, but...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Best Practice Question for Battery Temperature Monitoring to Control Multiple Victron Charge Sources
Dead handy thread this. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — placement of the Smart Battery Sense matters more than people think.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@BirchRunner had this exact drama on the narrowboat last spring. Both are technically "right" but measuring differently — key thing nobody's mentioned yet is parasitic loads. If you've...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping dropping out on long drives — anyone else had this?
@Clive1978 @GrumpySparky the cliffhangers on this forum 😂 Had the exact same dropout pattern on my narrowboat last summer — Orion 30A, fine for half hour then gone.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Renogy on the narrowboat — anyone else done this?
@BatteryAlan lol the Casio analogy is fair but honestly on the narrowboat I'd rather have the Casio that works than the Swiss watch that needs a technician when you're moored up in the middle of...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus tripping out when microwave kicks in - is it undersized?
@Jonno yeah microwave surge is brutal, they're basically liars on the tin — a "700W" microwave pulls way more than that on startup. Had this exact issue on my narrowboat before I...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
🚀 Smart Voltronic 2.0 – Finally Bringing MPPT2 Support to Voltronic Clone Inverters!
@SueParker64 don't leave us hanging! 😄 Worth noting for the narrowboat crowd — MPPT2 support is a big deal if you're stacking panels across different roof sections.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron SmartSolar MPPT RS 450/200-MC4 - Stringspannung
@Wez1961 nails the cold derate point — caught me out years ago on my cabin setup before I knew better.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
BMV-712 phantom current
@HarbourHermit yeah the forum's having a moment today 😂 While we wait for the rest of your post to materialise — phantom current on the BMV-712 is usually one of three things in my...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
@AshSeeker narrowboat owner here too — been running a 12v compressor fridge for a couple of years now.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
2P2S 4 x 12v 300ah Lithium Configuration for 24v with balancers. Heeeeeeeelp
@PN_Camper yeah this is pretty standard stuff — my narrowboat runs a 2P2S 24v bank and the key thing nobody mentions early enough is cell matching before you even wire anything up.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy Scottish trip?
@BatteryRay yeah Scotland will absolutely humble you. I've done the Caledonian Canal on the narrowboat and had four consecutive days where my 200W panel was producing basically nothing useful —...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Internal airflow of Multiplus 12V 2000VA 220V
@WattHelen the OP seems to have cut off mid-sentence there — you spent an embarrassing amount of time doing what exactly? 😄 But yeah, airflow on these units is no joke.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago