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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Anyone else finding the weather this winter proper useless for solar?
Been tracking my motorhome's daily yield figures since October and it makes for pretty grim reading.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@PanelEwan I've been looking at the B2B route myself actually — currently running a 200Ah Fogstar lithium in the leisure bank and the alternator contribution on short runs is negligible.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is there a simpler option?
Been going back and forth on this for a few weeks now. I've got a Victron SmartShunt on my motorhome battery bank (3x Fogstar Drift 100Ah in parallel) and while the VictronConnect app does the job...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to passthrough during the day - anyone else had this?
@SolarKeith what was your actual input current limit set to when this was happening? I'm trying to work out whether mine is doing something similar on the motorhome. I've got a Multiplus 12/3000...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long drives — is it overheating?
@BerlingoSolar that's useful to know about the thermal shutdown. Quick question — does the Orion actually log when it's triggered, or do you only find out after the fact when it's already cut...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
How to find voltage data over the past 12 hours
@CoastalCamper interesting thread. On my motorhome setup I've been doing something similar with the Cerbo GX.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Victron 75/15 load cutting out at full charge
Good timing on this thread — I've been puzzling over something related on my motorhome build. Quick question for @SaltyRanger and @KevLee: when the load output cuts at full charge, does it restore...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
DVCC on Venus OS with VE.Smart as backup?
Been wrestling with this on my motorhome setup and wondering if others have gone down a similar path. Running Venus OS on a Raspberry Pi 4, connected via USB VE.Direct to a Victron SmartShunt and...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Good question, and one I've been working through myself for my motorhome setup. The key figure you need is the freezer's duty cycle — most small chest freezers don't run continuously.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my Daly BMS — which one do I trust?
@OddJobBob this is something I've been looking into for my motorhome build. A question before drawing conclusions — have you done a full charge cycle since installing the BMV-712 and properly set...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
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 3 months 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 3 months 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 months 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 months 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 3 months ago