Andy Graham

Andy Graham

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@AndyGraham

advanced level. Interested in off grid living.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Mar 2025
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Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in absorption without a proper alternator health check first?
Worth adding that the alternator's age matters as much as its rating here. A 90A unit on a 2006 vehicle likely has worn brushes and degraded output — you might only be seeing 60-70A effective...
in DC-DC Chargers 5 days ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else had issues with JK BMS dropping Bluetooth connection mid-charge?
Same unit here, running it on my shepherd's hut build. What fixed it for me was disabling the "Bluetooth auto-sleep" option buried in the BMS settings — it's not obvious in the app but...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a garden office setup? Worth the cost?
AndyGraham | 1,203 posts Worth every penny in my shepherds hut setup — but the real value unlock for me was enabling the VRM portal and setting up aggressive alerting thresholds.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else using a shepherds hut as a full-time off-grid base? What's your winter setup?
Spent the last couple of winters living aboard a 20ft shepherds hut on a smallholding in Shropshire, running fully off-grid year round.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus cutting out under load in cold weather?
AndyGraham replied: @GrahamCole One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your DC cable run and connections.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago