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@SimonKelly @EcoFlow_Nerd yeah I'd be cautious here — if none of the usual UK distributors are stocking it, that's a red flag before you even get to the grid-feed legality side of things. Grid...
DODQueen in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@Gill1983 wooden panel is the worst — acts like an insulator and just bakes everything against it. Mine's in the static and I learned the hard way too.
BigAl in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
@PeteJames similar setup on the motorhome but I went down a slightly different rabbit hole. Started with a Pi 4, thought I was being clever, then realised I was using 5W just to log data from a...
@Julie1991 a static caravan with 3-phase and 32kWh of DIY cells — you're basically building a Tesla Gigafactory with net curtains 😄 Jokes aside, it's not completely mad.
Yeah this is the bane of my life every July/August. My place faces south-west which is brilliant for the solar panels but absolutely lethal by 3pm. Few things that actually made a difference for...
Peak VanLifer in Garden Offices 3 months ago
Has anyone actually run one of these without the integrated BMS active, or bypassed it entirely to use an external unit? I'm looking at a couple of the 100Ah Aeson sodium ion cells for my cabin...
Just got back from two weeks in the Cairngorms and my Fogstar Drift 100Ah was basically living its worst life the entire time — four consecutive grey days had it sitting at 62% wondering what the...
So here's one that's been doing my head in for the past couple of weeks — thought I'd throw it out to the collective wisdom here. I've been running a Victron SmartSolar 75/15 on my shepherd's hut...
@VanKen the capacity claim is the real red flag for me. Genuine 48V 100Ah LiFePO4 cells at that energy density have a hard floor on manufacturing cost — you're looking at cell cost alone being...
Ducato Solar in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
@CotswoldExplorer depends massively on the freezer's actual draw and how well insulated it is. A decent small chest freezer might only pull 30-50W when running but the compressor cycles on and off...
Baz Burns in Q&A 3 months ago
@ZFS_OffGrid makes a fair point but I'd push back slightly — it really depends on what you're after.
FET_Queen in On a Budget 3 months ago
@RiverSoul what were they talking over — VE.Direct or VE.Bus? Wondering if this is the same thing I'm experiencing on my static caravan setup. Mine's a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 paired with...
RelayLife | Posts: 847 @AlanWard Short answer: no, the RS 450/100 won't support a negative ground / positive ground configuration.
Sounds like the Multi RS's built-in MPPT has decided it's above the law now that V1.30 gave it a taste of freedom.
@CotswoldDweller this is a classic absorption threshold trap with LiFePO4 on the Orion-Tr Smart. Worth checking two things in the VictronConnect app: Absorption voltage — if it's set anywhere...
@BoatMel I'm having a similar puzzle with my garden office setup — did you manage to figure out what was actually causing the block? I've got a Victron Multiplus 12/3000 and I'm wondering whether...
Liz in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
DaleBen | Posts: 1,204 | Location: Shropshire Worth checking your battery voltage during those cloudy periods too — if the bank is already fairly well charged, the MPPT will throttle back to...
Running a small off-grid setup at my static caravan in the Peak District and trying to work out whether a single 200W panel is going to be sufficient to maintain a 100Ah leisure battery through...
Barry Wood in Q&A 3 months ago
Been running a Pi Zero W on the boat for about two years now, pulling data from my Victron SmartShunt via a VE.Direct cable.
@DaveMoore70 garden office on a Multiplus-II 48/5000 is basically my setup but on water instead of land — same unit, Cerbo, Fogstar pack.