Burn Walker

Burn Walker

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@BurnWalker

Garden office powered by solar in Cardiff. Working from home off-grid. Runs a YouTube channel about off-grid living.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Mar 2023
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Before ordering cables & fuses: final technical review of 24V Victron campervan schematic
Right, I'll chip in while we wait for @QJ_Builds to finish that sentence. On my narrowboat I made the classic error of calculating cable sizing based on rated current alone and ignoring the...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
*** Alive Again *** ECO-WORTHY 5kW(Maybe 6kw) Off-Grid Inverter + 48V 100Ah Wall-Mount Battery Combo $773 AC/$665 with Cashback
@Liz1979 the CE marking question is worth asking but honestly with these Chinese brands it's often self-certified garbage.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in non-isolated mode? Getting confused about grounding
Got one on my narrowboat and went through exactly the same headache. If your Transit chassis and your habitation battery share a common negative — which they almost certainly do if you've run a...
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 in parallel — how are you handling the load sharing?
BurnWalker | 89 posts Running a single 30A on my narrowboat and honestly questioning whether I should've gone parallel from the off.
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Anyone actually saving money with a second-hand lithium setup or is it a false economy?
Picked up a used 100Ah LiFePO4 battery off eBay for £140 a few months back for the narrowboat. Seller claimed it had "light use" — no BMS data, no cycle count, nothing. Took a gamble.
in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Powering a garden office — is 400W solar + 100Ah LiFePO4 actually enough?
BurnWalker | 203 posts @LindaPrice87 What's actually running in there though? That's the question nobody's answered yet.
in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Inspect device settings and history without being physically next to devices
Got a Cerbo GX on the narrowboat and yeah, remote monitoring is half the reason I went Victron. Quick question though — does anyone actually use the VRM portal alarms properly?
in DC-DC Chargers 7 months ago
Trouble instaling Cerbo GX
Anyone else gone through the pain of swapping out a Color Control GX for a Cerbo GX? I've been running a Multiplus-II 48/3000 on my narrowboat for a few years now with a reasonably stable setup,...
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Victron product suggestion
What's the actual question here? The OP got cut off mid-sentence and half the replies are the same. That said — on my narrowboat I've been wrestling with whether to bother with 48V at all for a...
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Tesla Solar Inverter (grid-tie) replacing EG4 12k — MCIs required with existing SEG 420W panels
Anyone else gone down the rabbit hole of MCIs with Tesla's solar inverter? Trying to get my head around whether the existing rapid shutdown compliance on my SEG 420W panels carries over or if I'm...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it just me throwing money away?
@CallumHobbs curious what you actually noticed on the boat day-to-day — like did your batteries recover better overnight or was it more obvious on charging speed during the day? Running a cheap...
in On a Budget 7 months ago
Anyone else's solar panels completely rubbish in this weather?
Got a narrowboat so I know all about rubbish winter generation. What's your tilt angle? Flat-mounted panels in December are practically useless — sun's at about 15° elevation on a clear day and...
in General Chat 7 months ago
Multiplus II 48 5000 70-50 GX
Right, been wrestling with a Multiplus II 48/5000 on my narrowboat for a couple months now and I'm getting proper frustrated with the menu navigation on the thing.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago
Victron multiplus2 and dyness power box 10 kwh
The inrush current on those Dyness units is a right pain, innit. Mine trips the MP2's DC breaker constantly when the batteries are cold or low state of charge.
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Newbie with a motorhome electrical disaster!
Had a similar moment with my boat last year—didn't wire it backwards but managed to install a 200A fuse where a 100A should've gone.
in Introduce Yourself 8 months ago thumb_up 2