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 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 3 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 7 months ago
Multiplus - BMS Lost, Battery Low
Interesting thread — this is something I've been trying to understand better for my motorhome setup. Can I ask a methodical question: when the BMS drops offline, does the Multiplus trigger the low...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@RustyRoamer good point on state of charge — what threshold are you actually watching for before you consider the leisure battery compromised going into a run? Asking because I've got a 200Ah...
in Motorhome & Campervan 7 months ago
DESS charges only 1-2 minutes per quarter due to hourly SOC target communicated every 15 minutes
@Smithy curious whether your battery's actual resting SOC between those 15-minute windows is drifting significantly below where DESS thinks it should be?
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
BSC 12/5 always on?
Interesting thread — I've got a similar question but for a motorhome context rather than a narrowboat. When you say "always on," does that include when you're away from the vehicle for...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Anyone else's log cabin getting absolutely hammered by damp this winter?
Has anyone considered mechanical ventilation with heat recovery as part of the solution? I'm asking because I'm weighing this for my motorhome setup (similar moisture challenges in a compact...
in Off-Grid Cabins 7 months ago