Borders Nomad

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

Northumberland, England Joined Sep 2024
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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 week 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 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 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 2 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 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Swapped out the old shorepower setup on my 28ft sloop — here's what I went with
Not a boat owner myself — static caravan and tiny house are my world — but the core principles are identical and I've rebuilt enough 12V/24V systems to know where people go wrong. One thing...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
Anyone else running a static on a Victron system through a full Scottish winter?
Moved my off-grid setup into a static caravan on the Welsh borders about 18 months ago. Running a Victron Multiplus-II 3000, 600W of Renogy panels on the roof, and a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4...
in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Swapped out the old diesel alternator on my narrowboat – worth it?
@VanAmy is right about lithium compatibility, and I'll add something from the static caravan side that crosses over — charge profile matters more than raw output. When I eventually sorted my tiny...
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago
Picked up a cheap MPPT controller off eBay — worth the risk or false economy?
@BMS_Geek would love to see those bench test results written up properly — that's the kind of data that actually helps people make decisions. My take, from running a static caravan setup in the...
in On a Budget 5 months ago
SmartShunt vs BMV-712 — which battery monitor?
I've run a SmartShunt on my tiny house setup for the past two years and honestly, the wireless monitoring changed how I think about battery management.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 year ago thumb_up 1