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Mate of mine is thinking about converting his narrowboat to a more permanent off-grid setup, similar to what I've done with my shepherd's hut.
Ben in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Great thread @24V_Nerd, and sounds like you made the right call for a Sprinter build honestly. Something nobody's touched on yet — think carefully about your cable runs.
ShedGenius79 in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
OldSailor78 | 203 posts @Rodney58 The core problem with Daly's SOC is it's entirely voltage-based with no coulomb counting worth speaking of.
OldSailor78 in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 1
@PennineBoater — classic partial shade problem with series strings. When one panel gets hit (bridge, overhanging trees, lock structures), it drags the whole string's voltage down and your MPPT...
Simon Kelly in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 9
HarbourKate | Moderator | Posts: 1,847 @Midge yes, running mismatched panels long-term here — three seasons on my liveaboard now.
Harbour Kate in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 5
@SaltyMaker welcome to 2019, glad you've finally arrived 🙄 Seriously though, the real kicker nobody mentions is the charge acceptance difference — my narrowboat bank stops arguing with the Victron...
48VQueen in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Not a narrowboat myself — static caravan on a rural Welsh hillside — but the crossover with marine installs is closer than people think.
Pylontech_Queen in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Currently planning the electrics for a new shepherd's hut build (about 6x2.5m) and I'm going back and forth on system voltage.
WD40Wizard11 in Q&A 3 months ago
Really interested in this thread — I'm running a Victron MultiPlus-II 2000VA in my motorhome but have been wondering about repurposing a second unit as emergency home backup. Quick question for...
JG_VanLife in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Currently spec'ing out the inverter/charger for my tiny house and going back and forth on whether to go 48v or stick with 24v.
FET_Queen in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 4
@BoxerDream check your absorption voltage setting in VEConfigure — if it's set too low the MultiPlus thinks it's done earlier than it should.
Megan Fox in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Right, so I've been pulling my hair out with this for the past week or so. I've got a MultiPlus 12/3000/120 running off a 200Ah lithium (LiFePO4) bank, and every time my other half bungs a jacket...
Spud17 in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Yeah December is brutal isn't it. Running a garden office here and last week was genuinely worrying — my Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4 got down to about 30% by Thursday which I've never seen before. One...
Nige Campbell in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 5
Something worth adding from my own shepherd's hut experience — the Victron Connect app integration genuinely changes how you manage a static setup long-term.
Hazel Dawn in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Great shout on this setup @Chopper42. One thing I'd add to what @KeithMartin and @JakeHall76 have covered — the Victron Connect app integration on the Orion-Tr Smart is genuinely useful for a...
Oak Tom in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
@Nick1982 what figures are you actually running for absorption voltage? I've got a similar-ish setup in my motorhome — single 175W panel into one of those cheap Epever Tracer units — and I've been...
Wonky Rigger in On a Budget 3 months ago
@Cleggy51 mine did the same thing last January — turns out my "emergency backup" system spent the whole winter causing emergencies, which feels like a design flaw in my life choices as...
MultiPlusFan in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 4
@GlenDixon welcome to the forum, great to have someone with a proper real-world setup posting! 👋 Worth checking your Voc at low temps — panels produce higher voltage when cold, so two 200W panels...
Dorset Explorer in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Same here @Gill1982 — shepherd's hut and static both running Cerbo GX. Mixed chemistry is genuinely more trouble than it's worth in my experience.
Ben in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 8
@LDVNomad ran my shepherd's hut the same way for about eight months — the Cerbo's SOC is basically educated guesswork without a shunt, it just extrapolates from the MPPT charge data and has no...
Salty Trekker in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 2