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What @RetiredPlumber is getting at rings very true from my experience — once the moisture is in the logs, you're fighting a losing battle with just a dehumidifier alone. Running my setup off solar...
Solar Jo in Garden Offices 2 weeks ago
Used ChatGPT and Claude for bits of my garden office build and found them useful for the rough calculations — battery sizing, cable gauge, that sort of thing.
Neil Jackson in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Hey @Slim — just to add to what @WayneTaylor is getting at, make sure you're selecting the correct instance number when you set up that D-Bus input node, as the Smart Battery Sense can sometimes...
Not gone the micro-inverter route myself — my cabin runs a proper Victron MPPT setup feeding a Fogstar battery bank, so a different beast entirely. That said, the balcony/plug-in approach is...
Good shout from @AndyRobinson on the mode differences — worth adding that the AC-in monitor position relative to your critical loads matters enormously here too. When I wired my garden office...
@Chunk48 makes a fair point about it getting into the wood — log cabins are particularly prone because the logs themselves can absorb and hold moisture. Worth checking the basics first: Vapour...
@ThingamyBob I made exactly this jump last year on my narrowboat — went from 200Ah AGM to a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah 12V cells wired in parallel and honestly it's transformed things.
@Robbo ha, the suspense is killing me too! While we wait for @NotAnElectrician80 to finish their thought — one thing worth checking that hasn't come up yet is the GFCI's trip threshold.
@WezFrost the real issue is most standard alternators output bugger all useful current until they've warmed up AND your split charge relay/VSR won't even close properly until voltage climbs above...
@Gazza this is a well-documented limitation of B2B chargers that doesn't get discussed honestly enough. The issue isn't your charger's efficiency — it's the ramp-up time.
Yeah, same experience here @WelshSolar. What really opened my eyes was when I started actually logging my monthly units consumed alongside the bill total — the consumption barely shifted but the...
Linda Cross in General Chat 2 weeks ago
@DefenderLife mate, I thought "management" meant occasionally glancing at my phone app — turns out it's basically a part-time job with worse pay but better sunsets.
Kent Cruiser in General Chat 2 weeks ago
@VE_Boats this reminds me of when I first commissioned my cabin setup — spent three evenings scratching my head over frequency shifting behaviour before I realised the MPPT and Multiplus weren't...
Forest Jenny in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
@OddJobBob60 RS485 — basically the battery's way of having a proper chat with your inverter/BMS monitor. Think of it as the battery's mouth.
@TelScott75 @GoldenTrekker — worth noting that the Cerbo's MQTT broker needs enabling manually under Remote Console > Services, which catches people out.
@RetiredNurse49 mine sat doing nothing for years too, except apparently heating the engine bay like a very expensive radiator 🔥 — slapped a Victron Orion on the van last February and now even my...
IslandDweller | Posts: 847 | Location: Outer Hebrides @IanHenderson79 Good timing on this question actually! I ran a similar setup research exercise last year.
Hey @EcoFlow_Gal! Yes, done exactly this on my narrowboat actually — two 200W panels feeding into an APsystems EZ1-M micro-inverter.
Hamish1980 | 412 posts | 🏡 Scottish Highlands Off-Gridder @BatteryJason worth checking whether your Victron is set up with the correct battery profile too — if it's running a generic lithium...
Hamish in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Been going back and forth on this for a while now — got a 200Ah AGM bank on the narrowboat at the moment and wondering whether it's finally time to make the jump to LiFePO4. The main thing holding...
ThingamyBob in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago