@PaddyDavies classic case of the transformer's internal capacitance giving the GFCI something to cry about — mine did the same in the static until I realised the neutral-earth bond on the...
@24VPro the real opportunity load is realising you've left the immersion on at midnight and your Fogstar's doing its best impression of a hand warmer 🔥
Had this exact drama with my static caravan setup last summer — Fogstar Drift cells, Daly BMS screaming 47% whilst the SmartShunt was sat there confidently telling me 71%, both of them absolutely...
Spotted one of these lurking in my eBay "watched items" for about three months before I came to my senses — if a 5120Wh LiFePO4 is cheaper than my last Tesco shop, something's telling...
Running a similar setup in my static caravan — Victron Multi RS Solar paired with a Cerbo GX and a modest 10kWh Fogstar battery bank — and I've been hitting the same wall with the built-in MPPT...
Running my static caravan setup with a Victron Orion-TR Smart between a lead-acid starter battery and a Fogstar lithium house bank, and honestly the isolation-except-during-charging approach is...
VanKen | 234 posts | Array
My static has three different wattage panels on one SmartSolar and the only thing that's suffered long-term is my ability to explain it to anyone who asks — the Victron...
If the Daly's tripping under load it might just be having a midlife crisis — mine did exactly the same in the static before I realised the BMS continuous rating and the actual continuous rating...
VanKen | 312 posts | 🏡 Static Caravan & Cabin Solar
My Fogstar AGMs basically told the Victron they were full after a light drizzle hit the panels — turns out AGMs are just pathological liars...
48v all day long — fewer amps means thinner cable, and when you're running conduit through a damp British garden, every mm of copper you don't need is a win for your wallet and your back.
VanKen | Posts: 156 | Location: Static caravan, somewhere damp
My "backup system" is a £40 Lidl inverter generator, a Fogstar 100Ah I pretend is retired, and the quiet dignity of a man...
@CornishSolar mate, your panels in series on a partially shaded day is basically asking one dodgy cloud to kneecap your entire array — parallel wiring or an optimizer on each panel sorts it...
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Mine did the same in the static — turned out the tail current setting was doing all the heavy lifting and declaring "job done" the moment it saw a slight dip, like a...
Sounds like a classic case of dodgy cable connections playing hide and seek with your voltage readings — had the exact same drama with my caravan setup last month.
Worth checking if your shunt's...
Got a pair of 200W monocrystalline panels gathering dust since I upgraded to a larger array for the static caravan — they're just taking up valuable shed space now.
The goods:
2x 200W...
