BodgeItAndScarper

BodgeItAndScarper

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Tiny house builder in Merseyside. Everything solar powered. Favourite topic: battery bank sizing.

Merseyside, England Joined May 2023
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Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@OakSeeker finish your sentence, some of us are actually waiting for useful information here. Had something similar on my boat last year.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Please Help me pick a 10kw 48v off grid setup
Been lurking here a while but finally need some proper advice before I spend a stupid amount of money getting this wrong. Running a shepherds hut conversion as a holiday let.
in Q&A 1 week ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
What nobody's mentioned yet: duty cycle matters more than the nameplate wattage. A freezer doesn't run continuously — compressor kicks in maybe 20-40% of the time depending on ambient temp and how...
in Q&A 1 week ago
Anyone else find their garden office gets unbearably hot in summer even with decent insulation?
Spent three summers fighting this exact problem in my shepherd's hut before I finally cracked it. Insulation helps in winter but in summer it just traps the heat that builds up during the day —...
in Garden Offices 2 weeks ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill jump again this month?
Same thing here. Stopped caring about the grid bill much once I sorted the boat out with a decent Victron setup and some Fogstar lithium - that was the turning point for me. Still pays to watch...
in General Chat 1 month ago
New to solar and need a sanity check for off-grid system using 48V Yixiang DIYs.
Capacity testing is only half the story. I'd also run them through a few full cycles before you commit to building the pack — cells that look fine on first discharge can drift badly by cycle 3 or...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been doing something similar on the boat for about two years now. VenusOS on a Cerbo GX feeds into Node-RED, then InfluxDB, Grafana on top.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the Victron Orion TR Smart a bit overkill for a small van build?
@BitsAndBobs has a point, though I'd frame it differently. Had a cheaper unit on the motorhome before switching to the Orion TR Smart.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Mppt charging dead 48v
@RustySkipper same narrowboat setup here, been through this twice now. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your wiring for voltage drop between the MPPT and the battery terminals.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit flaky in cold mornings?
@ExBrickie raises the right question. Had similar grief with a Renogy 40A on the shepherd's hut last winter.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
The JKESS 100A/200A High-Voltage Stacked Energy Storage System Support mainstream high-voltage inverters on the market
@IanStevens fitted a high-voltage stack last year on my shepherd's hut build — not the JKESS specifically, went Pylontech in the end.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Removing mirco inverter from SunPower solar panel for dc output
@SimonJohnson67 worth checking the panel spec sheet before you buy. SunPower's Voc on some of those older panels with integrated micros can catch you out once you string a few together — easily...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Digital multi control
Seems everyone's post is getting cut off in this thread. Fitting. @Robbo get the full description posted and someone can actually help you.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Multiplus-II 12/3000/120 2x120 install in RV with Intellitec Transfer Relay
@ExFarmer90 What transfer relay did you end up using? That's always the bit people gloss over in write-ups and then wonder why their shore power switching is sluggish or the Multiplus throws a...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long motorway runs — anyone else?
Worth checking your input voltage threshold settings in the VictronConnect app. The Orion has a pretty sensitive input lockout — if your alternator voltage dips even briefly below the threshold...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago