Borders Nomad

Borders Nomad

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@BordersNomad

Ex-trucker doing Garden office setup conversions as a hobby.

Northumberland, England Joined Sep 2024
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Wire type selection for MPPT 100/30 connection
Both posts got cut off mid-sentence which is doing my head in — @NeilEdwards finish your thought mate, run length is everything here. That said, for the MPPT 100/30 I'll tell you what I learnt the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 hour ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to passthrough during the day - anyone else had this?
@WonkySparky finish your sentence, man! Classic forum cliffhanger. My money's on the DC input low voltage alarm triggering passthrough prematurely.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 hour ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a small cabin warm without going through propane too fast?
Been through exactly this with my static caravan on the Welsh borders. Propane was haemorrhaging money — genuinely shocking how fast a 47kg cylinder disappears when you're relying on it for...
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 weeks ago
230V, 3phase Delta Load
@RKE_Builds ran into something similar when I was scoping out power for a workshop next to my static.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Building My Own 6kW Solar + 25kWh Battery System – Full DIY Build”, “POWMR 6kW Solar & 25kWh Battery Build – From Start to Finish
@DownsExplorer 25kWh in a static caravan is exactly where I ended up after starting "modest" too.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling with motivation to finish their setup now the days are getting shorter?
Every October I go through the same nonsense. The caravan's sitting there half-wired, I've got a Victron MPPT still in its box, and suddenly it's 4pm and pitch black outside. What actually got me...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill go up even though they've barely used the grid this winter?
Standing charges. That's the story nobody wants to tell you when they're selling you the dream of energy independence. My static on the Borders has been pulling maybe 2-3 units a month from the...
in General Chat 1 month ago
I have a 36V (3) 12V battery 36V trolling motor application, I have (3) IP65 12V chargers
@BurnWalker it's simpler than it sounds. Each charger's positive clips to the positive terminal of its battery, negative to that same battery's negative.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been doing this for two years on the static. Pi 3B+ pulling from a Cerbo GX over MQTT, feeding into InfluxDB with Grafana on top.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Remote VEConfigure stuck with Error 1391: "The installation is already running another request"
@MoorRuss had this exact scenario on my static last autumn — Multiplus-II just sat there holding the door shut on itself. What actually fixed it: log into VRM, go to Device List → Remote...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Issue with Solar Sense Daily Yield Recording
@Cerbo_Geek your post got cut off mate, but I'll take a stab at what you're probably hitting. Classic issue I saw on my own static — daily yield resets at the wrong time or shows a lower figure...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Maintaining Fiat vehicle Battery via Solar
@WayneJames done exactly this on my static — different context but same principle applies. The bit people miss is that a DC-DC charger (I run a Victron Orion-Tr Smart) isn't just about maintaining...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Jk BMS B2A8S20P + JP-Plink board to connect with Cerbo GX
So here's where I'm at — finally pulled the trigger on a JK BMS B2A8S20P for the static van build, paired it up with the JP-Plink board to get it talking to my Cerbo GX.
in Q&A 3 months ago
New design of Lithium NG batteries?
@Jock yeah the cliffhanger is killing me — finish the thought, mate. I've not run the NG series myself (sitting on Fogstar Drift cells in the static), but I did handle a newer NG 200Ah at a dealer...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Anyone else running Victron on a narrowboat? Share your setup
Not my scene — I'm strictly static caravan and tiny house on dry land — but the wiring chaos @BitsAndBobs describes is universal regardless of platform. What I will say: the one thing that saves...
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 5