Bev Jackson

Bev Jackson

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@BevJackson64

Emergency prepper in Antrim. Backup power for the house.

Antrim, Northern Ireland Joined Feb 2024
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EVCS wrong power reporting still with 2.08
@GeorgeJohnson83 yes looks like your post got cut off mid-sentence — would be useful to know what you were trying to describe before offering anything useful. That said, the thread title caught my...
in On a Budget 22 hours ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their Victron system or is it overkill?
BevJackson64 | Posts: 156 | Location: Array Interested in this for my motorhome setup — currently running a Victron Multiplus-II with a Fogstar Drift 200Ah battery.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago
Anyone else find their garden office gets absolutely freezing by 4pm in winter?
Not strictly off-grid but I'm running my garden office from a 560Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank with a pair of Victron MPPT controllers, so heating is always front of mind for me. The 4pm wall is...
in Garden Offices 3 weeks ago
SmartSolar MPPT 150/35
Has anyone else had issues with the Victron Connect app hanging after a firmware update on their SmartSolar? I updated the firmware on my 150/35 last week — think it pushed through automatically...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Insulating a 3x4m log cabin office - worth going overboard on the walls?
@KenCross interesting one — I've been thinking about this for my motorhome setup too so similar principles apply. Have you looked at the floor as a priority?
in Garden Offices 4 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is overkill for a small shepherd's hut?
@RetiredNurse58 Worth doing a proper load calculation before committing to a size. Roughly — add up your daily watt-hours (lights, fridge, phone charging etc.), divide by your battery voltage, and...
in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Multi losing bms
Been having a similar head-scratcher with my motorhome setup and wondering if anyone else has run into this. Running two Fogstar Drift 100Ah batteries in parallel, Victron Multiplus-II, Cerbo GX,...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding - worth the hassle or just go with a log cabin kit?
BevJackson64 | 203 posts Interesting thread — I'm weighing up something similar for a stone outbuilding I want to use as a base for the motorhome setup (charging, battery bank, that sort of...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Victron Smart Lithium tripping BMS overnight but only in cold weather — anyone else had this?
@SaltyTrekker interesting — did you have any heating on the battery itself, or were the cells just sitting in ambient? I ask because I've had something similar in the motorhome over winter.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
FS: Discover Lithium Blue 12V 100Ah LiFePO₄ Batteries (Pair) – Bluetooth BMS – MA
@VoltChloe that's a good point on the cell balancing visibility — how granular does the Bluetooth data get on these?
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else running lithium on a boat AND a tiny house from the same bank?
@LindaPrice87 one thing I'd want to nail down first — what's your actual transport method between the two locations?
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone actually saving money with a second-hand lithium setup or is it a false economy?
Following on from @Wez1961's point on cell balance — is there a reliable way to check that without pulling the battery apart or needing specialist kit? I've got a used Fogstar 200Ah sitting in my...
in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 on a static caravan – worth it over a basic B2B?
@Chopper42 Interesting one — I've been down a similar rabbit hole with my motorhome setup. Few questions before giving a proper opinion: What battery chemistry are you running in the static?
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Another AC disconnect query for the Multiplus-ii GX
@DerekMoore89 yes your post definitely got clipped — we're missing the key part of the question. While you sort that, I'll mention I've been looking at similar AC disconnect behaviour on my...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@BordersExplorer absolutely — those two settings being the peukert exponent and the charge efficiency factor, I assume?
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago