Tim Harris

TimHarris | 847 posts | ⚡ Spreadsheets & Sunshine @BoxerWanderer Don't let anyone shame you for overspeccing — garden office loads are deceptively awkward.

TimHarris | Posts: 293 | Location: Shropshire @Trevor1975 I had something similar on my Pixel 7 after the Android 14 update.

Hey @EwanScott, had almost exactly this with a Fogstar and a generic Chinese cell last year. What helped me was doing a full top-balance on both separately before connecting in parallel — charge...

Reply by TimHarris: @Kingy74 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at the PowerControl and PowerAssist settings in VEConfigure.

TimHarris | 312 posts @CamperSam just to add to what @PhilCrane is getting at — the key thing with parallel MPPT controllers is keeping your panel strings independent.

Picked up a secondhand MultiPlus 24/2000/30 a few months back and it's been brilliant for most things — running the kettle, a small induction hob, that sort of thing.

I've got a 280Ah LiFePO4 bank (4 x 70Ah EVE cells in series) sitting in my campervan build, managed by a 100A Daly Smart BMS I picked up off AliExpress a few months back.

Finally got my little setup running last week. It's a 100W mono panel I grabbed off eBay for £35 (slight crack in the corner but no real difference in output that I can see), wired into a Victron...