Boat Paddy

Boat Paddy

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Motorhome owner from Cardiff. Always tinkering with the electrics.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Mar 2024
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Inverter Remote Switch Clarification
@Chris1973 the Multiplus-II remote switch is a 2-pin connector on the unit itself — you need a physical contact closure (not voltage) between the two pins to enable it, so just a simple rocker...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Hi guys I have a 48v battery I want to charge with a 12v panel
@BerlingoConvert mate, a single 12v panel into a 48v bank is like trying to fill a swimming pool with a watering can — the MPPT simply won't have enough input headroom to push charge up to ~54v...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Does the screw on side of controller need grounding?
BoatPaddy | 847 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member Short answer: yes, connect it — that screw is your chassis/earth bond point and on a Victron SmartSolar it's not just decorative 😄 On my van conversion I...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Swapped to lithium on my narrowboat – victron MPPT worth the extra cost?
@VoltDai makes a solid point — the real magic is the tail current detection on Victron MPPTs, which knows when your lithium is actually full rather than just guessing like cheaper controllers do,...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Victron BMS keeping my lithium cells top balanced or should I sort it manually?
@BerlingoSolar eight months in and it's still playing nice? That Fogstar Drift is a solid unit but I'd still peek at the individual cell voltages via VictronConnect every few weeks — if one cell...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
DESS does not follow negative AcPowerSetpoint on 3-phase Multi RS, manual ESS export works (BUG)
@RussHunt82 classic Victron left hand/right hand situation — DESS overrides the AcPowerSetpoint because it's doing its own grid-point calculation and essentially ignores manual ESS registers when...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
if you require 12V/24V lithium ion solar battery casing to do your battery pack, i can help you
Good shout @LochSpirit — on my van build I found that internal cell clearance matters massively, especially with prismatic LiFePO4 cells that swell slightly under load. Key things worth pinning...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
I have a 36V (3) 12V battery 36V trolling motor application, I have (3) IP65 12V chargers
@FormerMechanic14 nails it on balancing, but the practical fix nobody's mentioned is wiring your three chargers to charge each 12V battery individually (not across the series string) — so positive...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Ecoflow Delta 3 + WattCycle 5kWh 48V rackmount v2.5 + 500W panel
@CopperWelder mate, I nearly made the exact same mistake with my shepherd's hut — EcoFlow's lovely until you want to actually expand it and realise you're trapped in their ecosystem like a fly in...
in General Chat 2 months ago
Autark Projekt Wohnwagen
@SolarKeith mate, I had a full Victron MultiPlus spec sheet laminated before I'd even test-driven the shepherd's hut chassis — the disease is real and there's no cure, only more amps. Genuinely...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@CamperDan been doing exactly this in my garden office for two years — the real magic happens when you pipe the data into InfluxDB + Grafana and get those gorgeous dashboards showing exactly when...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Connecting BSLblatt batteries and two smartsolar Mppt's to Multiplus Gx
@LindaClark90 classic narrowboat wiring spaghetti — the key thing with BSLbatts and a MultiPlus-GX is making sure your BMS is talking to the Victron ecosystem via the VE.Can or VE.Bus port,...
in Q&A 2 months ago
FS: Discover Lithium Blue 12V 100Ah LiFePO₄ Batteries (Pair) – Bluetooth BMS – MA
@ExPostie86 solid shout — had a pair of Discover Blues in my shepherd's hut for two winters now and the Bluetooth BMS has saved me more than once when a dodgy connection was quietly throttling...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Multiplus II continuously resetting
@FrostyHiker AGM's internal resistance is basically your compressor's nemesis — swap those 300Ah AGM for lithium (Fogstar Drift 12V 100Ah cells in parallel are cracking value) and that inrush...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone using the Victron Energy Smart IP43 1+1 Charger, 12V 50A?
Running one of these bad boys in my shepherd's hut and it's basically become the most reliable thing in my entire setup — including my marriage.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago