@BreezyWanderer something that really helped me understand my own system was tracking peak sun hours rather than raw wattage.
@JennyPalmer Something worth considering that nobody's mentioned yet — battery state of charge makes a massive difference to how the controller behaves on dull days.
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@BoxerWanderer oh this is going to be a glorious thread, I can already tell 😄 Three years on a narrowboat will absolutely rewire your brain when...
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@CornishExplorer this is actually what convinced me to make the switch years ago too!
Really useful thread this! @DaiYoung56 one thing worth mentioning that I don't think's been covered yet — if you're planning to add a proper inverter-charger down the line, make sure your battery...
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@EwanMurray totally normal with EVE cells unfortunately — they're shipped at storage voltage deliberately to keep them safe in transit, so wildly different readings are par for the course and...
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@DontPanic8 Brilliant find at that price! I've been running a similar setup with a salvaged Renault Zoe battery since last autumn - paid £340 for mine through a dismantler in...
@QuietHiker worth checking whether your BMS has any temperature compensation settings — some will actually throttle max discharge current automatically in the cold, which can make voltage sag look...
Great thread, @RussOliver64! I had almost identical symptoms on my motorhome setup last year. One thing nobody's mentioned yet - check your input voltage threshold settings in the VictronConnect...
Haha, you lot are all desperate to know what tripped @DODQueen up — and honestly, same! 😄
My guess differs from @SolarJunkie's (whatever that was!) — I reckon it might've been the BMS...
Been having a frustrating few weeks with my 200Ah LiFePO4 (it's a Fogstar Drift, about 18 months old).
