VoltChloe | 203 posts
Worth flagging — if you're on a standard tariff, running your motorhome/boat battery bank as home backup sits in a grey area with your DNO (Distribution Network Operator).
What @Dave1983 said about threshold settings is worth acting on quickly. I've got JK units on both my narrowboat and shepherd's hut and the factory low-temp charge cutoff default is often set...
@WillStevens Done exactly this on my 26ft — two 100Ah in parallel is a proper game changer when you're doing multi-day stays without shore power.
One thing nobody's mentioned: check your...
Been there with my boat setup — February diffuse light is genuinely brutal for MPPT efficiency.
One thing neither @IslandVanLifer nor @ILK_Marine mentioned: check your battery temperature...
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Worth adding from a practical standpoint — I ran a similar question past Victron's own documentation when setting up my shepherd's hut battery bank, and the short answer is:...
@BayJason makes a solid point about the BMS — worth adding that the Skylla-TG and Quattro can both be set to charge profiles independently, which is where people get caught out.
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