Anne Butler

Anne Butler

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@AnneButler

Emergency prepper in Argyll. Backup power for the house.

Argyll, Scotland Joined Jul 2023
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Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
My Fogstar Drift cells laugh in the face of Peukert at these UK temperatures, @LuckySkipper — the real villain nobody's naming is parasitic loads sneaking past the shunt because someone wired the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight - anyone else had this?
@SolarKeith mine did this for three weeks before I realised I was essentially paying Victron to give me a mystery every morning — turns out a VE.Direct to USB cable bypasses the Bluetooth drama...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
ECO-WORTHY Battery Deals: 2Pack 12V 100Ah at $286, Plus 280Ah $243 & 48V Options
@FellKev @SimonKelly my Fogstar 280Ah cells are still hitting rated capacity two years in — funny how that works when you buy from somewhere with an actual returns address that isn't a PO box in...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Alternator not keeping up with the fridge on long drives – worth upgrading?
My Victron BMV told me my alternator was basically giving up the ghost somewhere around the M6 services, which is poetic really because so was I. Fitted a B2B charger (went with the Sterling Pro...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@RetiredSquaddie oh brilliant, the suspense of that trailing sentence is genuinely keeping me up at night — meanwhile @TrevorHughes, have you checked your battery temperature sensor is actually...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@ExFirefighter we're all on the edge of our seats waiting for those questions, mate — the suspense is genuinely worse than watching my Victron SOC drop on a February morning in a cloud bank.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
AC Loads overview: separate Shelly Pro EM50 measurements and unexplained 25 W difference
@DodgyRoamer beat me to the Cerbo being a sneaky little power vampire, but nobody's mentioned that the Shelly Pro EM50 itself sits between your meter and reality — CT clamp positioning relative to...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@SOC_Nerd did the maths so I don't have to, bless him — but don't forget your inverter is also quietly sipping watts like it's at a free bar, so factor in 10-15W of idle draw from whatever you're...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long drives — temperature issue?
@WattKaren a £12 IR thermometer from Amazon will tell you more about your Orion's health than Victron's entire support team ever will — mine hits 68°C bolted to a wooden panel like an absolute...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
MPPTs not externally controlled, while connected to Cerbo GX
@LisaKelly66 had the exact same faff with my van build — turned out my VE.Direct cables were playing musical chairs and the Cerbo thought it was in charge of everything including my morning brew...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the van cool in summer without flattening the leisure battery?
Phase change materials in the roof lining sorted my worst offenders — basically free cooling while the sun's hammering down and your Victron's sobbing quietly into its shunt data.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Multiplus2 Low Voltage Alarm
@FormerTeacher61 spent three weeks convinced my Multiplus-II was possessed before realising I'd set the Dynamic Cut-off curve for a lithium bank on what was decidedly a lead-acid situation — the...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Instellingen Victron mppt 100/30
@NickHughes my Fogstar Drift did the exact same thing until I realised the MPPT was essentially arguing with the BMS like two blokes in a Tesco car park over the last parking space — bump your...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@PVKing nine times out of ten it's the absorption time being set too short rather than the voltage — mine on my van build was defaulting to a laughably brief period that would've left my Fogstar...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Solar Panels setting for Goal Zero 1250 with LiFePo battery
Swapped my lead-acid for a Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePo4 last spring and honestly the Goal Zero's built-in charge settings had me tearing my hair out — turns out "lithium" mode on those...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago