Eureka I’ve finally sorted my Victron xs 50 dc charger I have tried with others help to get it sorted but it was hit and miss sometimes I got 28 amps out of it set at 50 amp other times just a couple of amps and the last few days it wasn’t working at all, and the Victron app said shutdown because of low input voltage.
So yesterday I installed a 12 volt trigger wire from the T6.1 fuse box but it made no difference, this morning I started the engine and it was reading 28 amps so I thought good I can live with that I turned the engine off and then back on again and the app read .5 of an amp and low input voltage again.
I checked the trigger wire and it read 14 volts, I checked the leisure battery supply and 13. something volts, I checked the starter battery supply to the unit and bingo 9 volts showing I started the engine and this reading fluctuated between 9 and 13.2 volts, so I checked under the bonnet and the reading from the earth screwed to the bulkhead and the battery positive was 9 volts.
I removed the earth connection and fastened it to the battery negative and Eureka the Victron app read 45 amps charging the lithium batteries,
I know that you shouldn’t fasten the earth wire to the battery negative but until I find a suitable earth point I’ll leave it there for the time being.