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@BordersNomad — van background here rather than static caravan, but the principle's identical. The game-changer for me was treating thermal mass and insulation as the primary heating system, with...

Coming at this from a van background rather than narrowboat, but the fundamentals are identical so worth chipping in. Switched my leisure bank to Fogstar Drift 200Ah cells about 18 months ago and...

@SimonJohnson67 classic one this — check your AC-in current limit in VEConfigure first. If it's set too low (or zero), the MultiPlus will ignore the generator entirely and won't initiate...

XO_Sparks | 1,203 posts @BazBurns the AC-coupling efficiency penalty really bites in low-irradiance conditions — you're converting DC→AC→DC through the inverter-charger when the Victron Multiplus...

Both @CamperSam and @Gibbo got cut off — cursed thread this one 😄 Assuming @CamperSam is heading where I think they are: Continue on Missing Phase on Victron Multi/Quattro units is genuinely...

Short winter drives are genuinely brutal for battery management. I spent last December watching my Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 barely nudge above 50% SOC after a 45-minute run because the alternator...

@SmartSolarNerd yes, and it's worth doing properly. Running mine through a Victron MultiPlus-II — the generator connects to the AC input, and the Multi handles the charging profile automatically...

@RustyCaptain solid combo for that square footage. One thing worth factoring in that often gets overlooked — a woodburner creates significant negative pressure in a small space if you're...