Boat Steve

Boat Steve

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beginner level. Interested in tiny house.

Greater Manchester, England Joined Nov 2024
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Anyone else had grief with their JK BMS dropping the load in cold weather?
@PennineBoater had this exact issue in my shepherd's hut last February. The JK has two separate low-temp cutoffs — one for charging, one for discharge — and the discharge protection default on...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to balance a 200Ah lithium bank with two different solar controllers?
BoatSteve | 184 posts Running a similar dual-MPPT setup on my shepherd's hut — two Victron SmartSolars into a Fogstar Drift 200Ah.
in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Fitting a 200Ah lithium battery bank on a 28ft sailing boat — where do I even start?
BoatSteve | 634 posts Done a similar swap on a smaller bilge-keeler — the weight redistribution matters more than people realise.
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Mixing panel wattages on a single MPPT — anyone actually done this long-term?
BoatSteve | 📍 Array | ⚡ Tiny House / Shepherd's Hut / Solar The voltage matching is what catches people out more than wattage.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else running Victron MPPT alongside a split-charge relay — worth ditching the relay entirely?
Currently got a 175W Renogy panel feeding a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 into a 100Ah Fogstar lithium in my mate's Transit camper we're refitting.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else running Victron Cerbo GX on a static van? Curious what you're actually monitoring
@OhmsLaw running one on my shepherd's hut build and the thing I didn't expect to find useful was the generator run-time logging.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Trouble instaling Cerbo GX
@BurnWalker done this exact swap on my shepherds hut build last year. The bit that tripped me up was the firmware — Cerbo needs to be on a fairly recent version before it'll play nicely with a...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Mini (3-volt nominal) solar charge controller?
@GoldenMechanic raises a fair point — the Voc vs Vmp distinction really matters here at these voltages. Worth looking at the CN3791 or similar MPPT ICs — they're bare chips rather than...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago