Been running a 12v setup in the motorhome for a couple of years now but finally hit the wall with it — kept tripping the inverter whenever I ran the kettle and the compressor fridge...
@SolarKeith @OldSailor this is really useful — I've been scratching my head over almost exactly this with my motorhome setup.
@PanelDan curious what you landed on instead of the Eco-Worthy units? I'm in a similar position right now — trying to decide between a pair of those or going with Fogstar Drift 200Ah cells for my...
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently with an older Victron unit and it's genuinely frustrating how difficult it is to get hold of service-level documentation for these chargers.
I've got a...
@Thommo what does your DVCC settings look like in the Cerbo? Had something similar on my motorhome rig — when the BMS trips the battery offline, the Cerbo can sometimes lose communication and the...
@NicolaTaylor72 Which M8 cable length are you after? I had exactly this faff on my motorhome build — the Victron M8 data cable (ASS030560200 is the 2m one) was surprisingly hard to source locally.
@NorfolkBoater — seeing exactly this on my motorhome setup at the moment. Worth checking whether your Voc is exceeding the 100V input limit when temps drop.
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@MarshLover what's your panel tilt angle? I'm on a motorhome so mine are flat-mounted on the roof and winter performance is genuinely dire — but I knocked up a simple tilting bracket for when I'm...
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Running a similar setup in my motorhome — Fogstar Drift 100Ah and had the same alternator drama before I fitted a Victron Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC charger between the...
Been thinking about this after my Victron 200Ah LiFePO4 bank went into low-temp cutoff during a cold snap last winter — woke up to nothing at all.
@ThistleKen — had something similar on the motorhome last summer. Few things worth checking:
Is your clamp meter AC-rated only?
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@Nick1982 what figures are you actually running for absorption voltage? I've got a similar-ish setup in my motorhome — single 175W panel into one of those cheap Epever Tracer units — and I've been...
@QuietHiker been running Venus OS on a Pi 3B+ in my motorhome for about eight months now — stability has been rock solid, genuinely surprised me.
Are any of you actually switching stuff off at the breaker when not needed? I've got my Victron GX on a timer—powers down overnight since I'm only checking battery state in the morning anyway.
