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Hi @Dellmassive I have based my solar and leisure battery set based on you very informative diagram and advice. So many thanks for this. Here is what i have: Just a couple of questions before I start the installation if you don't mind please: Do I need to install a PV isolator? - when would...

Next subjects - Electrics. When we built our T6 camper, we used an 100Ah AGM leisure battery (Lithium was too new and expensive then), an Ablemail DC-DC charger, a Victron mains charger, and a Victron solar charger. In the Autotrail, it feels like we have stepped back in time (this is a new...

I am trying to find an optimal DC-DC charger for my current set up/future set up, so I am reading a lot of post and trying understand. I have a question, any reason to use Regony with MPPT and then use a seperate MPPT. Why dont use Regony DC-DC without MPPT (they are cheaper) then add MPPT...

Solar will help - though remember if you do that while you still have a split charge system what will happen is your starter will be at 80% and your leisure at 100% - then when you start and the relay engages the 2 batteries will equalise so you'll lose charge in the leisure and gain it on the...

It’s a Victron Orion DC-DC charger. Charges your leisure battery while your driving.

It's a neat idea and common on solar chargers as they are often used as the single controller in remote off grid locations so it makes sense to include it. They also tend to run at relatively modest current where adding the feature is quite cheap. If you want to do the same in a larger battery...

no solar on the van, but i do have a 160w panel for it, but ill wait till i get a poptop fitted. in the meantime we just use mobile solar - which works fine. when i do fit it, it will be the 160w panel + any mobile into a Victron MPPT feeding into the MIDI SUB main fuse panel...

That original Orion DC-DC was always a really weird outlier in the victron range with its poor efficiency leading to very high temperatures. It does seem as though this one is "the fix" though as they're quoting an efficiency of 98% which is miles better than the original, and in the region of...

Starting the terrifying exciting journey into electrics and one thing i'm struggling to find a clear guide on is what amperage I need and if there's a downside to getting more. Useful Context: Transporter T6 late 2015 (still need to work out if it's a smart alternator) AGM Leisure Battery of...

I run the Orion at full 30A, I mounted it on a piece of ally chequer plate to act as a heat sink. No additional fans or cooling & it’s under the passenger seat with the battery. No problems so far after 2 years.

Victron is awesome. But there DC-DC Orion offering is very good... But its BIG and run VERY HOT for just a 30A box. (It just seems it's not as refined as there other kit).... You need to add fans to run it at 30A flat out or it goes thermo nuclear with the heatsink starts pushing over 70degc...

I'd really avoid going AGM if you're investing - a 100ah LiFePo is also much smaller and you may change your mind about where you can install things. It would be a shame in 3/4 years time to replace an aging AGM and then find all the useful space under the seat going to waste. Quite a few...

Victron Orion Dc -Dc. I will get better photos tomorrow

Yours has the 'buck boost' name which I read somewhere was an internal name, which Victron have now changed to XS Orion. So you've managed to get a proper early model it seems! Ah yes, here it is: "The 'smart buck boost' was the internal name before it was reconsidered for the wider market."

same here . . . i want to be able to run the 50A dc-dc charger at full rate on occasions without worrying about cable and MIDI fuses overheating, so im going in heavy of the cable gauge for now. . . which means it will stay cool under full 50A load as its 170A rated. but will enable me to...

Yep, this is the issue with a lot of pre built, and from a lot of professional converters! The kit does the job, to a degree. And probably 75% of owners will never care as they will just use the van parked up on hookup for a week at a family campsite whilst their feral kids kick footballs off of...

This is purely my personal opinion based on experience. I wouldn’t have a Ctek, they have reliability issues, there’s no Bluetooth comms & the B2B charging profile is “odd” You already have a Victron mains charger, so stick with Victron. Combined units I.e. B2B+solar in one box, means that if...

Amazing thanks for that, have ordered this B2B kit Victron Orion including a 6 way fuse board so should be ready to rock, will take a look at your link for ideas, just need to select a battery now.

The Ablemail comes with crimp spade connectors to connect to the Ablemail. The other end of the cables I just used bare wire and put them in the DC-DC terminals alongside the existing cables. This works fine on the older 18 or 30A Victron Orions (can be very tight if you are using 16mm2 cable)...

Boot lace ferrules. Stops the cable core from getting cut by the terminal clamping screw. Also stops stray strands of cable from shorting together when you’ve not hit the hole correctly. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bootlace+ferrules&t=iphone&ia=web