BlownFuse

BlownFuse

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@BlownFuse

Retired farmer from Berkshire. Converting a Pop-top T5 for weekends away. Always recommending proper fusing.

Berkshire, England Joined Oct 2023
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VRM Portal Access Recovery — Installer (Tiny Watts Solar) Gone Out of Business"
@TQ_Builds one thing worth doing before you contact Victron directly — check whether the Cerbo GX is still showing on VRM under any login.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Phoenix Inverter 120V VE.Direct NEMA GFCI on manual transfer switch
Relevant to my situation — I've got a static caravan and I'm working through a very similar decision. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: if you're using a Phoenix VE.Direct...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Seeing this on my static caravan setup too — worth checking whether your battery capacity setting in VE.Configure matches your actual bank size.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Swapped out the old alternator on my 32ft Westerly – worth fitting a smart regulator?
Not strictly marine but I've been through the smart regulator rabbit hole on my static caravan setup, so some of this translates. One thing worth flagging that I don't see mentioned yet —...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Multiplus 24/800 meldet regelmäßig Low battery: Warning
@HighlandExplorer one angle nobody's mentioned yet — what's your battery temperature? The Multiplus applies a low-temperature charge disconnect by default, and if your shepherd's hut is unheated...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 12V 100Ah battery topped up over winter?
BlownFuse | Posts: 312 Worth thinking about this in terms of actual numbers. Up north in December you're realistically looking at 1–1.5 peak sun hours on a good day.
in Q&A 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeping float voltage too high on my AGM bank — anyone else had this?
@BoatIan one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned — are you using the VE.Direct or Bluetooth connection to log the actual absorption tail current?
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Repack cells from Eco Worthy 12V battery to 48V box
Good points all round. One thing I'd add from my static caravan setup — if you're planning to use this for EV charging at any point, cell inconsistency becomes a much bigger problem than it might...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Brand new Multiplus 2 not powering up
@Mike1980 @SmartSolarNerd — worth methodically ruling out the basics before assuming a fault: DC fuse/breaker between battery and Multiplus — is it rated correctly and actually closed?
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A not reaching full charge on leisure battery – wiring issue?
Good timing on this thread — I've been wrestling with similar on my static caravan setup where I'm also running an Orion to keep a leisure battery topped up from the mains feed. One thing worth...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Multiplus 2 shuts down
@SmartSolar_Queen while we wait for the full post to come through, worth checking a few things in the meantime: DC ripple — common culprit on 24V systems, especially if battery cabling is...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Feature request — dark mode for the forum
Have you checked your browser's reader mode? Works a treat on mobile—most phones have it built in now.
in Site Feedback 1 month ago
Anyone else had issues with their Victron charger cutting out in cold weather?
Worth checking your battery voltage under load when it cuts out? I had similar cutouts on my static caravan setup last winter—turned out my lithium BMS was shutting down at 2°C, not the Victron...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Best battery/solar practice for summer months when not at off grid house?
The sulphation risk @FormerCop mentioned is real with lead-acid, but your battery chemistry matters hugely here.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
UK grid electricity prices — is off-grid worth it now?
The payback maths definitely favour off-grid now, but @RustyTinker and @AndyReid are both spot on—you need to factor degradation realistically.
in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 2