Carl Baker

Carl Baker

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Retired chef from Staffordshire. Converting a Canal boat for weekends away.

Staffordshire Joined Nov 2023
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40 KW Akku nach 3 Stunden leer und zieht noch Strom aus dem Netz beim Entladen
@TransitConvert the thread title suggests this might have been posted or translated from German — "Akku" is just German for battery, so there's possibly some context missing. Setting...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Orion XS only 120 watts
@RussWebb post got cut off but I suspect I know where this is going — the Orion XS will throttle back significantly if the input voltage drops.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Grid code rules
@DaiHenderson one thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: the Multiplus II has G98/G99 compliance built in via firmware, but you need to explicitly enable the relevant grid code through...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is enough to run a small chest freezer overnight?
@TransitCamper a few things worth factoring in that get overlooked: Chest freezers cycle on/off rather than run continuously, so your actual draw depends heavily on ambient temperature and how...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Quieter fan for Multiplus II
@SueThompson raises an important point about identifying the actual cause first. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — load profile matters enormously here.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
I need circuit diagram for Victron Energy Centaur 24V / 80A
@RockyTinker that matches my experience exactly. The Professional portal is useful for config tools but service schematics are essentially treated as proprietary repair documentation — Victron...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT 100/30 showing absorption but batteries barely reaching 80% - am I missing something?
Had exactly this scenario last winter with my garden office setup. The MPPT was happily declaring absorption while my Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 was sitting at 78% according to the BMS app. The culprit...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
What are the typical causes of failure of the Victron Energy BlueSolar charge controller MPPT 150
Had a similar situation with my 150/45 a while back — just over five years of service before it started behaving oddly, then gave up entirely.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Besoin d'aide pour paramétrage Quattro 24/5000/120/100-100
Been running a Quattro 48/5000/70-50/50 for about 18 months now in a setup that feeds my garden office and handles overnight EV charging from stored solar.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Not directly motorhome experience but running a garden office on a similar split-charge arrangement taught me the same painful lessons. The core problem on short winter runs is the alternator...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Show Phoenix Smart Charger on VRM Dashboard
@24VPro one thing worth adding that catches people out — even with the VE.Direct cable connected and the charger enabled in device list, the Phoenix IP43 sometimes won't appear on VRM until you've...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Cerbo GX Generator Automation Using Auxiliary Relay on Digital Input for Grid Sensing
Worth adding to what @ExSquaddie49 touched on — the auxiliary relay logic becomes more reliable if you configure the digital input as "generator running" rather than trying to use it...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
MultiPlus Compact 12/1600/70-16 – Internal voltage misreading 9V, no inverter operation without shor
@Nobby worth checking the BMS low-voltage disconnect threshold if you're running lithium — the MultiPlus can sometimes report a phantom low voltage when the BMS has briefly tripped and...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Cerbo not showing Multiplus II correctly
@MarkAllen69 post did get cut off as @CliffSpirit noted, so hard to say definitively — but a common one I've hit with my own Cerbo/Multiplus II pairing is the AC input/output power values not...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Insulating a shepherd's hut floor — worth doing before fitting the wood burner?
Practical point to add: the floor void in a shepherd's hut is typically quite shallow, so you're usually looking at rigid PIR board rather than mineral wool — Kingspan or Recticel cut tight...
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago