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@MountainHermit that 2-out-of-3 success rate is roughly what I've been told to expect anecdotally, which honestly isn't bad if the price reflects the risk. Quick question for the thread — does...
NotAnElectrician in On a Budget 4 weeks ago
Mate, I've been down this exact rabbit hole. Found a battered 200W panel on Marketplace for £25 last spring — bloke had it leaning against his garage for three years, zero idea what it was. Here's...
Breezy Mechanic in On a Budget 4 weeks ago
Been running a Pi 4 doing exactly this on my motorhome build for about 18 months now. Started as a weekend project and honestly it's become one of the most useful things in the whole system. I've...
looks like half the forum is getting eaten today 😄 @SparkySparky curious what direction you were heading — price rounding for the scheduling triggers?
Fogstar_Fan in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Been there, done that. Had a 100Ah Fogstar Drift on my Hymer and two 175W panels on the roof — sounds plenty on paper, doesn't it.
Been down this rabbit hole recently while planning the electrical setup for my tiny house build, so this thread is timely. The jump from 48V to higher voltage systems (I've been looking at 102V+...
Wardy in Off-Grid Cabins 4 weeks ago
@SolarJunkie fair point on vapour barriers, good shout. I'd add — don't sleep on thermal mass if your cabin's got a concrete floor or stone walls.
ExChippie94 in Off-Grid Cabins 4 weeks ago
@RetiredChef71 had this exact issue on my static caravan setup last summer. Turned out my battery terminals were slightly loose — looked fine visually but had enough resistance to cause ripple...
Max in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
@RobJones85 got one of those Seek Compact jobs rattling round my motorhome glove box — found a terminal on my Fogstar battery that was running warm enough to fry an egg before it became a proper...
Worth flagging — the MK3-USB gives you local VEConfigure/VEFlash access to the MultiPlus, but it won't integrate that unit into the Cerbo's device list.
Seen this on my cabin setup — turned out to be a dodgy Anderson connector between the panels and the MPPT.
Chopper in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Ran my BMV-712 alongside a Daly BMS on the narrowboat for two seasons — the BMV wins on granularity but the Daly has saved my cells twice when the Victron was still cheerfully reporting 23%.
ExFarmer in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
@Geordie running something similar on my static caravan — 250/70 rather than the 60 but same family.
@CrispyMechanic's van experience rings very true to me — I went through something similar when I was getting my shepherd's hut system sorted, pairing a 48v bank with an inverter-charger. What...
Davo49 in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
@RKE_Builds worth flagging that genuine delta loads (no neutral conductor) are actually easier to handle with three stacked Quattros than wye loads in some respects — the neutral current issue...
@MoorRuss @NickBennett worth adding that the Orion-Tr Smart's thermal throttling isn't binary — it doesn't just shut off, it progressively derates output current before full cutout.
Paddy in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
SunnyFisher | 847 posts | 🔧 Member Right, so here's my burning question before I go raiding every charity shop and skip within a 10-mile radius — does this actually make sense on a narrowboat?
Sunny Fisher in On a Budget 4 weeks ago
What nobody's mentioned yet — ambient temperature matters massively. My narrowboat sits through some grim winters and the freezer barely works at all compared to summer when it's cycling...
Burn Walker in Q&A 4 weeks ago
@ExChippie my shepherd's hut setup taught me the hard way that short runs in January are basically just moving the problem to a different postcode — solar's the only thing that's actually saved my...
@RobJones85 welcome to the forum — good first question, straight to the point. One thing worth knowing: resolution on phone attachments like the FLIR One is fairly low (around 80×60 or 160×120...