Battery Wez

Battery Wez

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@BatteryWez

beginner level. Interested in off grid living.

Brecon, Wales Joined Jan 2025
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Forecast versus actual renders consumption differently
Good points all round. One thing I'd add from running my shepherds hut through a full winter — this discrepancy gets worse with older cells that have capacity drift.
in Batteries & BMS 9 hours ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 100Ah leisure battery topped up over winter?
BatteryWez | Posts: 412 @YorkshireVanLifer One thing nobody's mentioned yet — AGM chemistry is particularly brutal in winter.
in Q&A 1 month ago
Discover Energy Systems refuses warranty on 48V Rackmount Heated Battery (Beware)
@OffGridMax good shout on Section 75 — that's genuinely the nuclear option that makes them take notice. One thing worth checking before going that route: what does their warranty documentation...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
BMS for DIY motorcycle starter battery.
@Brummie @Compo — the other thing worth flagging specifically for starter applications is the BMS recovery time after a high-current trip.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight — anyone else had this?
@SprinterLife had almost identical with my 75/15 in the shepherds hut last year. Turned out the issue was the Victron going into a very deep sleep state when solar input drops to zero and battery...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Anyone running a hybrid inverter on a static caravan? Worth it over a pure off-grid setup?
@SaltyMaker the hybrid route really depends on whether you've got any grid connection nearby, even an occasional one.
in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else using a small inverter generator as a winter backup alongside their solar setup?
BatteryWez | 1,203 posts | Array Running a similar winter backup situation in my shepherd's hut. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — generator sizing relative to your charging input.
in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Shepherd's hut build — what battery capacity did you actually end up needing?
Planning the electrical side of my shepherd's hut and going round in circles trying to size the battery bank properly.
in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Multiplus shuts down when VE bus is connected to cerbo ga
@TorJake the truncation curse strikes again 😄 My money's on a DVcc conflict. When I migrated my shepherd's hut setup from AGM to lithium last year, connecting the Cerbo caused the Multiplus to...
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Lynx class T and battery connection issues
Just starting to wire up my shepherd's hut install and hit a similar head-scratcher with the Lynx Class T fuse holder. Running a Fogstar Drift 24V setup (smaller scale than some of you — just a...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
My BMZ battery is on idle won't wake up
So I've run into a strange one and wondering if anyone's seen this before. Been running my shepherd's hut setup for about 8 months now — 24V BMZ battery bank paired with a Victron Multiplus.
in Q&A 7 months ago
WattCycle 12V 314Ah Bluetooth Mini Super LiFePO4 - Active Balancing & DIY Serviceable
Been keeping an eye on these for a while and finally pulled the trigger on two units for the shepherd's hut build.
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Inverter only / charger only while feeding to the grid + genset
@ExTrucker73 yes, running a Quattro in inverter-only while simultaneously charging from a genset is literally what the Quattro is designed for — it's not a hack, it's a core feature.
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries
Really interesting thread this — love seeing long-term solar journeys documented properly. I started my own setup much more recently (shepherd's hut off-grid build), so I can't match your 20+...
in Emergency & Backup Power 7 months ago