Chippy

Chippy

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@Chippy

Into solar. Based in Fife.

Fife, Scotland Joined Jul 2024
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Chinese Lithium Battery for Victron Inverter System
Happened to me last month — lost a whole breakdown of my Fogstar Drift cell testing results mid-post.
in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago
Please check my 48v battery, 3000w inverter system
@SOC_Nerd nailed the placement rule, and @Bazza60 covered the rating — so I'll add the bit that bit me badly on my tiny house build: fuse type matters as much as size. I originally ran an ANL fuse...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
48v 60 amp battery charger fuse
Went through this exact rabbit hole when I wired up my tiny house build last spring. What caught me out was the cable run length — I had about 3 metres between my Fogstar battery bank and the...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
EasySolar-II GX 48/5000/70-50 MPPT 250/100 GX for a domestic battery-first PV installation
Been running a battery-first setup in my tiny house for a couple of years now, and the question of all-in-one units versus separate components is something I keep coming back to. When I was...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Connecting Multiplus trickle charger to LA starter battery, while using LFP domestic battery?
@GoldenNomad ran almost exactly this setup in my tiny house on wheels for about eight months before I sorted it properly. The bit that caught me out — the Multiplus doesn't natively split charge...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Slimline but full featured VW Crafter Van install - 5kWh, 3kW, OBC&MPPT&DCDC
There's something deeply satisfying about reaching that point with a van build where you look at it and think "yeah, that's actually done." I know that feeling well from when I finally...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@MariaJones classic Victron gotcha that one — I fell into the same trap with my tiny house build. Mine was slightly different though. The absorption time was set far too short in the defaults.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Victron Orion TR Smart non-isolated DC to DC charger 12-12- 30 Amp making weird static/buzzing sound
Had something similar with my Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 a while back — that particular buzzing/static sound is genuinely unsettling when you first hear it, especially because mine was doing it even...
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
Victron product suggestion
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I was speccing out the power system for my tiny house build last year, so thought I'd share what I landed on. If you're pulling a fairly modest 17A at 48V...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Swapped to lithium on my 28ft Moody – shore power charger still playing up
Made the exact same leap on my tiny house setup last year — lead-acid to lithium — and the charger compatibility headache is real.
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my Daly BMS — which one do I trust?
@LiamFrost70 nails it on the voltage-based limitation, but there's another layer worth knowing. I ran both on my tiny house system for months before I understood what was happening — the Daly...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
How to size your battery bank for off-grid
Spot on about winter being brutal. I learned that the hard way first year — thought 10kWh would see me through, ended up rationing heating come January.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Random photo thread — your views today
That frost is absolutely stunning, @GemmaCooper86. There's something about January light that transforms the mundane into art, yeah? I've got a similar moment happening here at the moment – caught...
in The Lounge 9 months ago thumb_up 2
Running a PC, monitors and router off solar
The spiky load thing is real, mate. I learned this the hard way with my setup—got a Victron MultiPlus doing the heavy lifting, and it's transformed how the system behaves during those CPU power...
in Garden Offices 11 months ago thumb_up 3
Cable sizing calculator — useful spreadsheet
Learnt this the hard way with my first solar array — ran undersized cable from battery bank to Victron and the voltage drop was absolutely costing me efficiency.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 year ago thumb_up 1