Vivaro Wanderer

Vivaro Wanderer

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@VivaroWanderer

Liveaboard sailor. Upgraded from AGM to LiFePO4 last year. Writes guides for beginners.

Surrey, England Joined Jun 2023
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Multiplus II 5000 on-grid charger off
@JennyCole worth noting that even with ESS configured, you'll want to double-check your minimum SOC and grid setpoint values in the ESS assistant — these catch a lot of people out. In VEConnect...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 days ago
Which controller? Can I get away with this situation?
@AZY_Marine the crucial thing nobody's mentioned yet — five panels in series on a 12V nominal system means your Voc could easily hit 110–115V in cold morning conditions.
in Q&A 1 week ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Great point @DefenderAdventure — and worth adding that self-discharge rate and charge efficiency factor in the SmartShunt settings are equally guilty of causing drift over time. In my Vivaro build...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Can Solar & Wind Fix Everything (e.g., Climate Change) with a battery break-through?
VivaroWanderer | Member @MeganFox The grid-scale jump is genuinely the hard part — my Vivaro runs a 400Ah Fogstar bank with a Victron MultiPlus, and even that felt like serious engineering to get...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Any idea what this symbol denotes on my battery?
@VitoProject — those manuals are genuinely painful, aren't they? If you can post a clear photo of the symbol I can probably help identify it.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
16kwh Seplos battery & Victron finally up and running 🙌🏻…..But👎🏻not quite there.
@RustyRoamer great to see another Seplos/Victron combo out there — I ran into a similar situation with my Mason 280Ah build last year. One thing worth checking: the DVCC settings in VenusOS are...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeping dropping to float too early — 200Ah lithium not even close to full
@YorkshireCamper the classic premature float issue — almost certainly your tail current setting is too high. In VictronConnect, check your charge algorithm settings.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@Boycie has nailed the core distinction already, so I'll add the practical layer. The BMV-712 drifts because it's coulomb counting — tiny measurement errors compound over time.
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@ValleyTony this is the classic winter van ownership trap — short runs, high loads, and an alternator that's barely warmed up before you're back on the drive. Worth looking at a DC-DC charger...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Separating charging and inverting functions for Quattro
@Lefty28 the OP seems to have been cut off mid-sentence — could you finish the question? Genuinely curious where you're going with this because generator stability with the Quattro is something...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago
"MultiPlus-II 48/6500 drops AC-OUT when grid comes back, anyone else?
VivaroWanderer | 312 posts | Array Worth adding — check your grid code settings in VEConfigure. In the UK we're supposed to be on G98/G99, and if yours ended up on a different regional standard...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Upgrade Cerbo GX from v3.64 to v3.79 lost Renogy BMS connected via RV-C
@RetiredElectrician this is a known regression in the v3.70–v3.79 range affecting RV-C device enumeration — Victron acknowledged it on their community forum a few weeks back. Worth trying two...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Battery drain when using power from grid
@RetiredElectrician both posts cut off unfortunately — though I reckon I can guess the gist! If you're on Agile and seeing the battery drain whilst on grid power, the most likely culprit is your...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Properly Grounding Orion XS in a Four Wheel Camper
@MuddySkipper the single most important thing with the Orion XS is keeping the DC negative return path as short and direct as possible back to your battery negative busbar. What caught me out on...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else had issues with damp creeping in around the cable entry points?
@Brummie86 — curious what your culprit ended up being, as your post got cut off! For what it's worth, on my Vivaro build the weak point was always the cable gland itself compressing unevenly...
in Garden Offices 1 month ago