Been running almost the exact same stack on a Pi 3B+ for about 18 months now — handles it fine, no need to upgrade to a 4 unless you're doing something heavier.
One thing worth adding: I've got...
Interesting topic this one — been thinking along similar lines for my own setup.
Currently running a 3-phase Multiplus-II arrangement for the garden office and EV charging, with a fourth unit I've...
Finally pulling the trigger on a proper insulated garden office this spring. It'll be about 4x3m, running a monitor setup, laptop, small fan heater occasionally, and I want to charge the car from...
Mine's evolved from something similar into a proper system now — started with a battered toolbox setup like yours @SilverHiker, but since I'm running the garden office full-time it had to grow up...
@MarshSoul had almost identical grief with a JBD on my garden office build last year. Worth checking your cell interconnect torque first — loose busbars can spike the voltage differential enough...
Had exactly this on my narrowboat setup. Nine times out of ten it's the tail current setting being too aggressive — if your battery can absorb more than the threshold before Victron thinks it's...
Been trying to get a clearer picture of my overall energy flow since I added EV charging to my setup.
Narrowboat angle here — we see this constantly on the cut. Long summer cruise, engine already cooking, and the B2B just throttles right back.
What helped us was fitting a small 12v fan directly...
After two summers of babying a pair of 110Ah AGMs (never draining below 50%, constant equalising nonsense), I finally pulled the trigger on a 200Ah Fogstar Drift last month.
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Been there — not on the cut but had my Victron SmartShunt log a similar BMS trip on my garden office setup and the cause surprised me.
@OldSailor78 is right about winter being brutal up there — I ran the numbers on my garden office (South East, so far more favourable than the Borders) and still built in 3 days autonomy...
Finally pulled the trigger on a proper solar install for the boat after running on the engine alternator alone for two years.
Had this exact issue on the narrowboat last spring. Turned out to be the remote on/off wire picking up interference from the engine bay — was floating rather than properly tied to a reference.
Jumping in here because I had near-identical grief after updating my Cerbo on the narrowboat setup. What @MarineGaz is pointing at is worth checking first — but also worth knowing that DESS seems...
The 200W is definitely a compromise, but honestly it's perfect for my use case. I run it mainly for garden office top-ups during the week — laptop, monitors, that sort of thing — rather than...
