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Stone bothies are a real puzzle — the walls want to breathe but you also need to keep the heat in, and get it wrong and you're dealing with condensation and damp that'll make the place...
Boat Steve in Off-Grid Cabins 3 weeks ago
Similar situation to @HY_OffGrid here — static caravan rather than marine. I'll be honest, I was slow to trust the rebuilt dashboard after the update; took a few weeks of cross-referencing against...
Compo in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
@RustyRoamer what's the actual issue you're seeing? Post cut off mid-sentence so half the thread is guessing. That said — ran the same Mason 280Ah/Multiplus-II combo for my garden office build and...
Got a garden office setup with a SmartSolar 100/20 and had something similar last spring. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — are you running lithium or lead-acid?
@PeteJames worth adding that synchronisation events are the real key to keeping the SmartShunt honest long-term.
Paul Cross in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Great thread, @IslandOffGrid — I've got a JK PB2A16S20P running on my narrowboat bank and it's been rock solid, but I'd actually push you towards seriously considering the Orion Jr 2 if you're...
@MuddySkipper one practical thing worth adding to what the others have said — chest freezers are generally far more efficient than upright freezers because cold air doesn't spill out when you open...
Les Crane in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@12V_King for a shepherd's hut the low frequency design is actually worth paying attention to — LF inverters handle surge loads from motors and pumps considerably better than high frequency...
@MasterProject 200W in a UK December is basically a decorative panel 😄 Seriously though — you might squeeze 1-2 peak sun hours on a good day, so realistically 200-400Wh.
RetiredElectrician in Q&A 3 weeks ago
@VitoProject seconding the request for a photo — without it we're just guessing. Worth also checking whether the symbol appears on the BMS board itself rather than just the outer casing, as...
Devon Boater in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@JakeCrane yeah, had exactly this problem with my old Sprinter before I sorted the solar side of things properly.
@Nessa and @HamishMitchell — both good points, but can I ask a related question specific to boats? On my narrowboat I'm running a Victron MultiPlus and I've always been a bit unsure whether the...
Max Frost in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
WhatsAFuse65 | Posts: 2,156 Standing charge is the real killer for anyone with a decent off-grid setup — you're paying just to have the connection, regardless of consumption.
WhatsAFuse65 in General Chat 3 weeks ago
@BatteryPaula nailed the tail current thing, but worth also checking your absorption time isn't set to a fixed value — if it's on fixed rather than adaptive, the Victron just gives up after that...
Great thread. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet — V2L output quality varies massively between vehicles.
IA_Builds in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@Cleggy capacity testing is the only honest answer here — slap a proper load on it and log the discharge.
ExPostie in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
@ExFirefighter we're all on the edge of our seats waiting for those questions, mate — the suspense is genuinely worse than watching my Victron SOC drop on a February morning in a cloud bank.
@MoorHamish curious what brand yours was — makes a difference whether we're talking generic AliExpress rebrands or something with actual after-sales support. For shepherd's hut use specifically,...
Barry in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
@DodgyRoamer beat me to the Cerbo being a sneaky little power vampire, but nobody's mentioned that the Shelly Pro EM50 itself sits between your meter and reality — CT clamp positioning relative to...
@CotswoldExplorer 100W foldable is fine until you realise it's pulling 60W in British "sunshine" — factor in your actual UK irradiance or you'll be disappointed every overcast Tuesday...