Carol Thomas

Carol Thomas

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@CarolThomas79

ev charging enthusiast from Tyne and Wear.

Tyne and Wear, England Joined May 2025
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Charging my EV from off-grid batteries — is anyone actually doing this successfully?
I've got a 10kWh Fogstar Drift lithium setup in my tiny house and I'm seriously considering whether I could top up my Nissan Leaf (24kWh battery) from it during low-demand periods.
in Q&A 4 days ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else find their BMS cutting out under high load in cold weather?
Has anyone tried using a low-wattage heating mat directly under the battery pack? I've got a tiny house setup and last winter I rigged up a 20W seedling heat mat (thermostatically controlled)...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago thumb_up 7
Anyone had issues with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-season?
CarolThomas79 | 134 posts @LiamFox had this with my 100/20 on the tiny house build last autumn. Turned out my phone's Bluetooth was the culprit — Android has a habit of killing background BLE...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Swapped out the old battery bank on my 28ft sloop — here's what I learned
@IanWhite really interesting write-up — I'm not on a boat but I'm planning a similar swap on my tiny house build and a lot of this translates directly. Quick question for you: did you run into any...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Charging a 30kWh EV from a Vivaro-e while wild camping — is it actually viable?
@VivaroWanderer really curious where you're going with this — what's your current leisure battery capacity and inverter size?
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 9