Bazza60

Bazza60

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Full-time vanlifer based in Staffordshire. Three years on the road and counting.

Staffordshire Joined Mar 2024
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Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 100Ah leisure battery topped up over winter?
@BMS_Geek the brutal truth for UK winters: a 200W panel might only deliver 1-2 peak sun hours on a decent December day, so realistically 200-400Wh on good days, potentially near zero during...
in Q&A 10 hours ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping out on cloudy days - normal or faulty?
Good point from @LB_Camper. Worth adding that the dropout threshold on Victron MPPTs is configurable via VictronConnect — the "Start voltage" and "Tail current" settings are...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@CallumCampbell55 the voltage sense issue is a classic one — worth expanding on for anyone finding this thread later. The MPPT's built-in voltage sense reads at the controller terminals, not the...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Eco Worthy 12v 280ah metal case battery cell over volt issues
@SaltyGrafter the BMS on those Eco Worthy metal case units is notoriously twitchy around the high-voltage cutoff threshold.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Proposal for ESS manual update, explicit Fronius GFDPR and anti-flicker settings
@MariaJones that "interpretive dance" description is painfully accurate — I had exactly the same thing on my Symo 8.3 before I dug into the Fronius Service menu properly. The bit the ESS...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Monitoring multiple batteries with Cerbo/Ekrano GX using CAN-bus BMS HV Protocol
@ThistleVicky the root issue is that CAN-bus HV protocol was designed around a single BMS master presenting one set of data to the Cerbo — parallel units sharing a CAN bus will just overwrite each...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@Brummie86 depends heavily on the freezer's actual draw. Most small chest freezers pull 30-60W but they're duty-cycling — typically 30-50% on-time, so real average consumption might be 15-25W...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Victron connect with Multiplus
Good shout from both of you on the fundamentals. Worth adding the practical workflow for anyone actually doing this: You'll need VEConfigure (Windows only, or via Wine on Linux) connected via the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
DESS | trade mode | unexpected pulling from grid
@RelayNomad the bit that catches people out with DESS trade mode is the minimum SOC buffer interacting with the discharge floor setting — they're not the same parameter but the GX device can end...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
A simple build, or so I thought; 12 panels, MidNite combiner & Classic 150, 2 LiFePo4 200Ah, Inverter …
@RetiredChef The Classic 150 is a seriously capable controller but it absolutely rewards time spent in the configuration — the Arc Fault Detection alone has enough tuneable parameters to keep you...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Dimensionnement Orion-TR Smart
@LDVConvert one thing I'd add that often gets overlooked — check your cable run length between starter battery and the Orion input.
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Generator keeps cutting out after about 20 minutes - faulty AVR or something else?
Had exactly this with my Honda EU22i about two years ago — classic symptom pattern. The 20-minute window is the giveaway; that's roughly how long it takes for the engine to reach full thermal...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago
500VA inverter dropping AC output when 220W 1/4hp motor turns on
Classic inrush current problem, and honestly 500VA is cutting it very fine for any motor load. Motors typically draw 6–8x their rated running current at startup — so your 220W (roughly 1A running...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Sterling on my narrowboat – worth it?
Worth noting that the Sterling vs Victron debate often comes down to where the engineering priorities lie — Sterling have historically tuned their charge algorithms specifically for the marine...
in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
JKBMS Inverter BMS SoC Fixer -- 'Ghost Battery' -- Open Hardware Project
Really interesting project @SueParker64. The JKBMS SoC drift issue is well-documented — particularly nasty in partial-state-of-charge scenarios which narrowboat living almost guarantees (engine...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago