Most reacted posts

.... wind

I completely agree - my slight issue with the OPs post is that Victron are being placed as being at fault for this matter, the reality is that it's the xyz vendor that the OP should be urging members to be very cautious about.

The hunt for a trustworthy BMS will usually end up down either a Batrium, a REC or an Orion shaped rabbit hole.

I'd be spending a few hundred quid on a 3kw VFD, rather than an inverter of questionable quality such as that mentioned.

We have a few old leafs in the family and I'd say they would be the perfect vehicle for you, given how much money you're wasting on the old VW, combined with her low use and perhaps the ability to charge for free. The only mechanical issue I have with mine is that the screen wash runs out...

This really is nonsense .... plain and simple nonsense.

Making hot water isn't difficult with surplus, or dump it into a few old fashioned storage heaters.

New member, at 59 degrees North, and a boat ride off the top of Scotland. Wind is our primary energy source but PV has served me well. Mainly parallel Victron kit, their ESS, Fronius single phase 8.2 Primo, AC Thor, a mix of AC and DC coupled, feeding a little under 250kWh of gen 1 and gen 2...

If you can, return them.

https://iotawatt.com/

I'm curious, what are you needing to order ? There's plenty of instantly contactable suppliers in the UK, who you'll have no problem getting support from.

You're very obviously frustrated, and you've very obviously got the hump with the distributor, which is fair enough and understandable. Why haven't you actioned the RMA via another distributor ?

... and then it got windy.

A few Nissan Leafs met an early end so I've recycled their traction batteries. The price of entire EV vehicle packs have increased five fold here in the UK since I purchased these, everyone seems happy paying silly prices for them now, somewhat encouraged by the three fold increase in energy costs.

I don't disagree, and they'll only ever produce anywhere near their rated outputs (briefly) in winds strong enough to structurally destroy them.

I've a feeling the ChatGPT generated responses would make much more sense.

Upgrade the charge controller.

Yeah, but buy cheap buy thrice ...

I'm calling BS on the previous post. Obviously, personal experience and opinion only. Your experience may vary.

These guys offer some useful wise words, and equipment, the below link will explain the difference between .... https://www.voltsys.com/wind-hydro-inverters/

I think you should be looking at the Atlas X7, the UK Tesup site is saying it'll generate upto £130 of electricity in a day.

Assuming 3.6v is what the target end voltage is then all you have to do is end the charge whenever the current has dropped to that deemed to be fully charged as per the manufacturers tail current.

I think there is overwhelming use on this site of cheap, bug ridden management systems that aren't reliable, hence the general agreement that multiple lines in the sand need to be present.

A tiny little fuse

Glad to see someone noticed that my suggestion was a joke ?

Bin that bus bar, you'll never get a reliable connection when you have non metallic components under compression.

This is a somewhat differently worded version of the same story that you posted on the Victron community forum where you've had input from Victrons CEO, who has stated in public that your issue WILL be resolved - he is very active on that forum and I am positive he will ensure your issue is...

Proven (apart from the 15kW) (now Kingspan), Evance (now Britwind), previously Iskra, which sadly failed primarily due to lack of government planning foresight. All are sub 10kW turbines that have historical easily recoup their investment. Given the recent energy price hikes the ROI is a...

You're oddly selective about which posts and questions you respond to, so I'll ask again. Given that Victron, elsewhere, have publicly acknowledged there is an issue, why haven't you actioned the RMA via another distributor ?