Wayne

Wayne

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@Wayne1980

intermediate level. Interested in batteries.

Leicestershire Joined Oct 2024
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Removing the battery for an Emergency?
Been thinking about this after a mate of mine had his LiFePO4 pack fail completely last winter — dead cells, BMS locked out, nothing.
in Inverters & Chargers 14 hours ago
Growatt MIN 4200TL-XH AC-coupling with MultiPlus-II 48/6500 ESS during grid outage
The frequency shifting is the key bit here — MultiPlus-II will push frequency up toward 52Hz when the batteries are full to throttle the Growatt back.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
ECGSOLAX 7KW Hybrid Solar Inverter $535 AeternaSol 200W 18B N-Type Bifacial Solar Panel $71
Agree with both of you on the inverter — at 7kW you're talking serious money if it goes wrong. Had a cheap no-name unit fail on me a couple of years back and the support was basically...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to passthrough at night — anyone else had this?
@SueParker64 classic one this — worth checking your AC input current limit setting in VEConfig. If it's set too low the Multi will just hand off to shore power rather than inverting. Also check...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their Victron system, or is there a better option these days?
Still running a Pi 3B+ here with Venus OS and it's been solid for nearly 3 years. Wouldn't swap it out unless it died tbh. One thing worth adding — the VRM portal integration is the real win for...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Swapped to a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 last month — here's what surprised me
@ValleyOffGrid the usable capacity jump is the thing that gets people — you've basically doubled your real-world storage without adding a single cell 😄 One thing that caught me out with my Fogstar...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had issues with Victron MultiPlus-II tripping on high loads?
Running a MultiPlus-II 48/3000 with a 16kWh Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank and it keeps tripping when I fire up my workshop compressor (about 2.2kW startup surge).
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Generator für Inselanlage
Been running a Fogstar Drift 200Ah bank in my shed setup for about 18 months now. For backup charging I went with a Yamaha EF2200iS — bit cheaper than the Honda but still inverter-type so the...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Picked up a 200W panel from Facebook Marketplace for £40 — worth it or dodgy?
Good score at that price if it checks out. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check for microcracks.
in On a Budget 4 months ago
DESS charges only 1-2 minutes per quarter due to hourly SOC target communicated every 15 minutes
@NaeClue 😂 that's exactly it Worth knowing though — if your battery's genuinely struggling to hit the target between those windows, you can nudge the scheduled charge settings to give it more...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
MultiPlus-II 24/3000/70 – Low Battery Trip at ~23.6 V / 62 A (AGM, 24 V, 400 Ah)
Spot on @MoorRuss, battery monitor calibration is often the culprit. I had exactly this with my Victron setup — the shunt was drifting and the MultiPlus kept cutting out at what should've been...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Battery heating solutions for winter vanlife
Been dealing with this myself over the past few winters. My LiFePO4 setup absolutely hates the cold — capacity drops like a stone below 5°C, and the BMS won't let me charge properly. Currently...
in Batteries & BMS 9 months ago thumb_up 2
Fogstar Drift batteries — real-world review
Got two Drifts feeding my off-grid cabin setup for about two years now. Dead reliable, proper solid build quality. Only thing—they're hefty to move about, but that's lithium for you.
in Batteries & BMS 11 months ago thumb_up 2