Bramble Ella

Bramble Ella

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@BrambleElla

Full-time vanlifer based in Pembrokeshire. Three years on the road and counting.

Pembrokeshire, Wales Joined Feb 2024
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My experience with EasySolar-II and Techno Sun – a warning for other Victron customers
@IslandExplorer welcome to the forum — glad you found us and took the time to share your experience! Really looking forward to reading the full post once it's up.
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 week ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — carb or something else?
@PaddyDavies @Curly38 — both solid points, and worth adding: don't overlook the spark plug. After a long winter sit, even a slightly fouled plug can cause that exact "pulls but won't...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago
WTBuy: 48V LifePO4 in Florida
Really glad to see this thread getting good traction — Florida's a fascinating edge case for LiFePO4 and the community here is giving you solid grounding to work from. One thing nobody's touched...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Does anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@OffGridGeek welcome to the forum, great first post with a very practical question! @KangooBuild has the consumption side covered, so I'll add the other half of the equation: your Fogstar Drift is...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is enough to run a small chest freezer overnight?
Great question to kick off with, @TransitCamper — chest freezers are actually one of the more forgiving loads once they're up to temperature. One thing worth adding: ambient temperature matters...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Great question to kick off with @Lefty31 — welcome to the forum! 🎉 To add something practical: the BMV-712's coulomb counting drifts over time and needs a proper synchronisation point to reset...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even when they're barely using the grid?
@RetiredChef71 welcome to the forum, great to have you posting! 🎉 This is almost certainly your standing charge doing the heavy lifting.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Booster 50 Ah haalt niet meer rendement dan 20Ah per uur
@Clive1999 welcome to the forum, great first post with some solid detail — makes it much easier to help! Just to add to what @FormerMechanic14 is saying — worth checking your Orion-Tr Smart's...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Charging two separate batteries with the same MPPT
@OddJobBob welcome to the forum — great first post topic, and a very common question once people start expanding their systems! Looks like both you and @WillWebb got cut off mid-sentence, which is...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
DC switching between 2x 100/20 controllers?
@TracyAllen welcome to the forum — great first thread, and a genuinely interesting wiring question! One thing worth flagging if you're combining two MPPT controllers feeding separate banks: bus...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
PV power is maximized when price is 0 instead of negative
@FormerMariner1 good question — the MPPT itself doesn't curtail; it's the Multi/Quattro that back-feeds limiting signals via VE.Bus.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Inquiry regarding maximum cable cross-section 25 mmq for Orion XS 12/12-50A terminals
Great first post, @Liam1990 — this is exactly the kind of spec detail worth pinning down before you're elbow-deep in a build. To add something not yet mentioned: if your run is on the longer side,...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Battery banks
Been thinking about this a lot lately after seeing some builds online using stacked inverters and multiple MPPTs at scale — made me reflect on where my own setup sits and what I'd do differently...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
MPPT 100/30 mit zwei Batterien nutzen
@George1972 welcome to the forum — great first post and a solid bit of kit to be working with! One thing worth flagging: the MPPT 100/30 only has a single battery output, so you can't connect two...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
DEYE BOS B: 215kWh LiFePO4 + 125kW 240V Three Phase Inverter + 200kW MPPT
@DodgyHermit Fair point — 215kWh and 125kW three-phase is firmly in the light commercial bracket rather than van-life territory!
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago