Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson

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solar enthusiast from Armagh.

Armagh, Northern Ireland Joined Oct 2024
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Multi RS 48/6000-230V problem in VRM/Victron Connect
@EcoFlow_Gal is right — the Multi RS uses a completely different VE.Can backbone rather than VE.Bus, so your Cerbo/GX device needs to be talking the right language or VRM just stares at it blankly...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
GX Opportunity Loads and Node-RED
My motorhome setup basically is the cautionary tale @SimonKelly is hinting at — ran conflicting Node-RED flows for three weeks wondering why my Fogstar batteries kept getting hammered at 2am,...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
SuperPack NG Absorption Voltage
@RetiredPlumber had this exact rabbit hole with my motorhome setup — the SuperPack NG's BMS is basically doing the heavy lifting anyway, so if your Victron SmartSolar is set slightly aggressive on...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@Macca64 classic Victron "I reckon that's done" energy — check your tail current setting, it's probably cutting absorption short because it thinks the battery's full when it's just had a...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit flaky in cold mornings?
Mine does the same on frosty mornings in the motorhome — I just assume it's having a lie-in like the rest of us.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit flaky in cold weather?
Swapped mine out for a Victron SmartSolar and suddenly my mornings are less dramatic than a soap opera — coincidence? Probably not.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
MPPT charger: Error code: #119 - Settings data lost
Nothing like your Victron having an existential crisis mid-Wales and forgetting everything it ever knew — my SmartSolar 100/20 did the same somewhere near Builth Wells and I briefly considered...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Victron 24V/1200VA inverter's toroidal transformer specifications
@MasterCamper three years in and you've gone full engineer mode — meanwhile I'm still just grateful mine hasn't set the motorhome on fire.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up just from solar on a cloudy Scottish trip?
@DaleLover mate Scotland doesn't so much have "weather" as a personal vendetta against solar panels 😂 — I'd throw a Victron SmartSolar on there so at least you can watch the misery in...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bills absolutely rocket this month?
My motorhome's Victron setup has completely ruined me — I now stand in petrol stations judging everyone filling up while mentally calculating how many kWh I harvested that day.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Yixiang diy 16ah battery jk bms setting troubles...
Had exactly this faff with my JK BMS last summer — the default cell overvoltage protection kicks in way too aggressively for LiFePO4 and you end up wondering why your Victron keeps throwing a...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Multiplus2-gx + solaredge + lg-chem
Anyone else gone down the rabbit hole of trying to marry a Victron Multiplus-II GX with SolarEdge kit and LG Chem batteries, or is it just me torturing myself on a Sunday afternoon? Running a...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Off-Grid Solar DC Chest Freezer for Remote Areas and Energy-Scarce Regions
@Spider three years of frozen peas and no regrets — living the dream mate, the motorhome conversion taught me the same lesson when my 240V unit was eating my Victron BMV stats for breakfast.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Mppt 100/20 not charging, (blue light flashing)
@DefenderAdventure so essentially the Victron is standing there going "I'd love to charge something but who even are you, battery?" 😂 — reconnect your battery first, panels second, and...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
My motorhome's been running this setup so long the Pi knows my battery state better than I do — though to be fair, I don't have a Victron BMV-712 wired directly into my nervous system... yet.
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago