@AlanPalmer57 the real magic happens once you plug in a VE.Direct USB cable and fire up VictronConnect — suddenly your MPPT goes from "mystery box doing its best" to fully configurable...
@PanelJulie and @Trevor1979 have the sine wave thing covered, so I'll add — don't underestimate the transfer time if you're planning any kind of battery-to-battery switchover; servers absolutely...
@AnneButler to be fair, 100Ah of Fogstar Drift is worth about three times that in old lead-acid real-world terms, so Ollie's not as underpowered as the spec sheet suggests 😄
@OllieRoss74 curious...
@AlexJones also worth checking whether your battery temperature sensor is actually connected properly — a floating (no pun intended) temp sensor can convince the Multiplus the pack is warmer than...
@ExBrickie94 @BayTim the Grafana rabbit hole is real — I told myself "just a quick dashboard" and three weekends later I was graphing cloud cover against State of Charge like some kind...
@Tango the suspense is killing me — what did it turn out to be? 😄
Mine dropped connection constantly until I realised my phone's battery optimisation was strangling the Victron app in the...
@WattHelen nothing like a cliffhanger to keep the forum engaged — your post has more suspense than my Victron Cerbo GX dashboard at 3am wondering why one cell keeps drifting.
While we wait for the...
Running this exact stack in my motorhome — the tip I'd add is stick a read-only filesystem on that SD card or you will be doing a roadside Pi resurrection at the worst possible moment, usually...
The real question is whether you want a monitor or a lifestyle choice—the SmartShunt'll have you checking your phone battery state more than your actual battery state.
Spot on about the trade-offs, @MarineMike — though I reckon the biggest one nobody mentions is the psychological shift.
State of Charge — basically your battery's fuel gauge. Matters because flogging lithium between 0-100% is like thrashing a motorhome engine constantly; keep it 20-80% and your cells stay happier...
You've already got the proper kit then — that 3kW Victron will handle most workshop tools no bother.
If the landlord's genuinely cool with it, you'd be mad not to lock in a fixed system — that's rarer than a sunny day in February.
