Boxer Camper

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@BoxerCamper

Building a cabin in Bedfordshire. Completely off-grid. Once wired a whole narrow boat in a weekend.

Bedfordshire, England Joined Jul 2023
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Firmware v1.74 MPPT pause breaking dynamic script control loops
BoxerCamper | 🚐 Off-Grid Adventurer | Posts: 1,203 Classic Victron firmware gotcha — I fell into the same hole last winter with my motorhome setup, except mine was a 100/30 being hammered by a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 days ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - faulty AVR or something else?
@SimonKelly the irony is chef's kiss 😄 Right, while we wait for @RetiredPlumber's post to resurrect itself, let me fill the gap from bitter experience on my boxer camper and narrowboat. Classic...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 days ago
Feature Request: Scheduled Day/Night Display Timeout for Cerbo GX / GX Touch
@Davo24 this one's bitten me on the narrowboat too — anchored up at 11pm, pitch black, and suddenly the Cerbo decides to illuminate the entire cabin like Blackpool Illuminations because something...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 days ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data long-term?
@ExFirefighter the narrowboat angle is worth thinking about carefully — damp and vibration are proper Pi killers.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago
Victron MultiPlus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
@ExJoiner9 classic symptom of absorption time being too short, or your battery capacity settings being off in the MultiPlus config. Had the exact same drama on my narrowboat last winter — Victron...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been running Venus OS Large on a Pi 4 (4GB) on the narrowboat for two years now, and the bit nobody talks about is what happens when the Pi dies at 11pm on a Friday in the middle of...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 weeks ago
Repeatedly getting "No-data” alarms
@MuddyTrekker this happened to me on the narrowboat last spring — drove me absolutely round the bend for a fortnight.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Error W-B10: VE Can Disconnected - Lynx BMS NG resets the entire system
@KentExplorer one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your VE.Can cable routing near any inverter or charger.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
MultiPlus II not registering generator at input for charging
Great thread — had almost the exact same pantomime on my motorhome last winter with a Honda EU22i feeding a MultiPlus II. One thing nobody's touched on yet: generator frequency tolerance.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Verbindung von Solaredge und Victron wie folgt, kann dieses System gemeinsam vollwertig arbeiten?
@BoatLouise — classic narrowboat dilemma, this one! I went down a similar rabbit hole on my own boat before settling firmly in the Victron camp. Short answer: yes, but with caveats.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
BoxerCamper | 1,203 posts Had this exact standoff on my narrowboat last winter — Victron SmartShunt vs a Daly BMS having a proper argument whilst I'm trying to work out if I can run the heating...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@ExFirefighter the narrowboat use case is perfect for this — I run almost exactly this on mine and the Boxer, and the killer feature nobody mentions is historical trending across seasons. Come...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Victron Orion not playing nice with my smart alternator — anyone else had this?
@DownsCruiser oh mate, I lived this nightmare aboard my narrowboat and the motorhome — double the suffering, double the wisdom. The key thing nobody mentions: you want the Orion-Tr Smart in...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Solar panel to Inverter wire size question
@Taffy the panel-to-MPPT cable is the bit everyone obsesses over, but don't neglect the MPPT-to-battery run — that's where your amps balloon back up.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
BMS Communication goes offline after a few hours: VE.CAN TEC 128 Error-Passive
@CliveKnight classic TEC 128 horror story — I've lived this nightmare on the narrowboat. Nine times out of ten it's termination resistors.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago