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I think it's worth noting in this discussion that every major LFP battery manufacturer currently on the market recommends long-term storage be at 50% SOC or higher, not 50% or lower. Long-term storage of an LFP bank at less than 50% SOC will negatively affect its lifespan. Enough to worry about...

Once you get the FW updated, I'm thinking it might take that dongle... you might be tired of dicking with it by then, but I'd certainly be curious to know. Good luck with the rest of it! If you end up running into issues, you can follow the link in my sig to the Victron Community, where almost...

Excellent, that's all good then. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't stuck with the wrong product like several people already have been... next time I see Matthijs I'm gonna have a word with him about their naming conventions :rolleyes:

Really, that's odd... what version of Venus OS (FW) is your CCGX running? 2.42 is the latest, and I've tried a random bunch from a number of manufacturers on this OS and never encountered one that didn't work. Victron lists 5 different ones that had been tested to work as of version 2.23...

Please be sure that AM Solar sends you the Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 charger; the Orion-Tr 12/12-30 that you linked is a completely different product: it's a converter, not a charger, and is not suitable for charging batteries of any kind - much less an LFP bank. The fact that the two products...

FYI, you can use any wifi dongle; the little nano one Victron recommends isn't made by them and isn't anything special. For many applications I recommend one of the more robust units with an actual physical antenna so that you can still connect even if you're not parked directly in front of...

Hmmmm well I see your point, but since the unit connects to the start battery, not the alternator, that's why I -and Charles- word it as such; the BB and BBW chargers connect to the start battery and (when start battery is at "charging" voltage like ~13.6), draws current from the start battery...

I like them. They're a PITA to program initially (all programming is done by triggering an internal magnetic reed switch, since there aren't any buttons) but depending on the recommended charge profile of your particular AGMs you may well be able to leave the default charge settings in place...

Ha, yeah that's where I started in DC electronics as well, and by the 10th time I had one fail (or fail to pop when it should, usually) I swore off them, and that's been reiterated in my years of high-current DC application experience.

Installation looks good; as an aside, though, I'd be careful about that off-brand 50A breaker, as those are known to have issues with either popping too early or too late or have sub-par connections inside that overheat or cause other issues. It's kind of a tossup... some of them perform as...

Yeahhhh there are sellers who have had these listed since about October/November and I guess we could have done the same, but then we have to keep track of these orders sitting around... we're just holding off listing them for sale until they're actually here in the warehouse. Nothin' against...

Alas, nope! Still on the boat somewhere... haven't even received notification that they're into Customs yet :(

Happy to help! The Renogy panels almost certainly have bypass diodes in them, but how many is another matter... if 4 cells of one panel are in hard shade, does the diode bypass the entire panel, or are there 4 diodes so it only bypasses 1/4 of the panel, or? No way to know without opening it up...

So, yes, the naming convention is unfortunate, because the Orion-Tr and the Orion-Tr Smart are actually two entirely different products. The Orion-Tr is just a voltage regulator/converter; the Orion-Tr Smart is a true battery-to-battery charger, with three-stage customizable charging profile...

Hahahaha yeah... that's not the first time I've said that. Great products as a general rule, but sometimes they're not quite keeping up with the times/demand.

Unfortunately, the Sterling does not support external signal input :( It has a wired remote available for it for manual control (and a technically-minded person could certainly figure out the pinout configuration of the RJ jack that it uses, and construct a custom cable taking advantage of that)...

Well, on the input side, over-A isn't particularly a problem, as the Victron MPPTs are self-limiting on input current; it'll just clip whatever excess there is and shed it as heat. It's over-V that you need to worry about on the input side, as they're not V limiting and they're sensitive as...

On a personal level, I highly recommend it; I'm not sure what headlight numbers you have (I come up with H11 low-beam and 9005 high-beam?) but I swapped out my Sylvania UltraStar 9004 headlights for LasFit LC6 9004 LED headlamps over a year ago and freaking love them. I ran the UltraStars...

When using Blue Sea's cable gauge calculator, please be sure to enter round-trip distances; unless they've updated it since the last time I was there, they forget to specify that (example: if your fridge is 10' away from your battery, the total circuit distance is 20': 10' POS, 10' NEG). This is...

It's worth noting that the Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC chargers aren't VE.Direct; they have bluetooth built in for monitoring and setup purposes, but (currently) no VE.Smart networking capabilities (may change with later FW updates) and no VE.Direct port, so no communication to a CCGX/Venus/etc. I...