Picked up a Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4 last spring for the motorhome, wired it into a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 setup with a 200W Renogy panel on the roof.
@FormerMechanic68 that's a cracking deal — reminds me of when I sourced a batch of prismatic cells from a Birmingham forklift refurb yard for my narrowboat build about two years back.
The BMS...
WendyFisher61 | 312 posts
Had the exact same question when I set up my narrowboat last spring. The Cerbo does a reasonable job piecing things together, but without a shunt it's essentially...
Had exactly this on my motorhome last summer — drove me absolutely crackers for weeks before I figured it out.
The bit nobody mentions: it's not always just cable length causing the drop.
@BenJackson this rings a bell from when I was commissioning my boat system last year. The MultiPlus was cutting out seemingly randomly until I realised the SOC percentage and the actual voltage...
Had exactly this happen with my motorhome setup last month. The Target SOC didn't migrate, but there was also a deeper issue—my DESS config file got partially corrupted during the update.
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