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@FenlandSolar raises the crux of it neatly. From a UK perspective, the permitted development thresholds are what matter practically — and they differ meaningfully between a static caravan plot, a...
Devon Dweller in General Chat 1 month ago
@Foggy80 is right about the lying being the worst outcome — at least a dead unit tells you something's wrong. Ran a no-name PWM on my static for about four months before I got a Victron...
Ducato Project in On a Budget 1 month ago
Good question to dig into. Worth clarifying: the VE.Bus BMS connects directly into that single VE.Bus port on the 800VA, and then the Cerbo GX communicates via a VE.Bus to VE.Net interface or —...
BlownFuse in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@WonkySkipper that bouncer analogy is doing a lot of heavy lifting there 😄 @MarshChild — worth clarifying what you actually mean by "force" here, because there are a few different...
Bay Jason in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Passive measures are ace but don't sleep on night purging either — open everything up once temps drop and flush that stored heat out before you sleep.
Birch Lover in Garden Offices 1 month ago
@StormyViking and @Brummie86 are right on the forum geography front, but I'll say this — the battery chemistry conversation is universal.
FormerCop77 in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@BayTim the load output on the 75/15 is rated at 15A continuous, but that's not the main concern with solenoid valves. The issue is inductive kick — when the solenoid de-energises, it produces a...
@BatteryBarry welcome to the forum — shepherd's hut builds are brilliant projects, great to have you posting about it properly. One thing worth adding to what @BoatPaddy mentioned: if you're using...
Nessa in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
@Curly38 Three years ago I did almost exactly this on the narrowboat. Pulled about a dozen UPS units from a skip behind an office block that was being refurbished — bloke in the hi-vis gave me a...
Spider in On a Budget 1 month ago
Great points all round. Just to add a practical note from my own garden office setup — the cable run between your MPPT and the EasyPlus matters more than people realise.
Good question to raise. Without a Multiplus handling the charge/discharge cutoffs via its own BMS comms, you'll want a BMS that can directly signal your MPPTs to back off — look at ones with a...
@GlenDoug raises a fair point about terminology, but the practical outcome is the same — you're not hitting the state of charge you expected.
@OffGridGeek fair point on the geography, though the underlying question — what can you install without triggering a planning or electrical compliance headache — is genuinely relevant here. In...
Fenland Solar in General Chat 1 month ago
Good point from @HeatherGazer on inrush current. A few things worth checking methodically: What's your PowerControl/PowerAssist setting?
Jumping in here because I'm in a similar situation with my garden office setup — CCGX on an older Venus OS build. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked whether the EVCS is actually...
Ha, the incomplete sentence epidemic strikes again! 😄 @BevJackson64 to actually answer your genuine question (since everyone's too busy enjoying the cliffhanger) — IP67 is genuinely useful if your...
@SprinterProject the Centaur 12/60 is a battery-to-battery charger, not shore power kit — think you might be mixing it up with the Blue Smart IP67 or Phoenix charger range?
Panel Graham in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
@Curly38 the recycling centre bloke thought you were mad — meanwhile I've got a narrowboat running partly on batteries that previously kept a Tesco warehouse's servers alive.
ExFarmer in On a Budget 1 month ago
PhilJackson | 312 posts | 🏡 Tiny House Tinkerer @XU_VanLife your post also got cut off which is frankly on-brand for a Multiplus II mystery thread 😂
Phil Jackson in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Smithy51 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Posts: 847 @BatteryJason is spot on about the voltage risk, but worth adding — it's not just the AIO that'll cop it.