Clive Baker

Clive Baker

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@CliveBaker

Converted a LWB panel van conversion after retirement. Best decision ever. Part of the local off-grid meetup group.

Bristol, England Joined May 2023
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Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is there a simpler option?
@BevJackson64 the good news is Victron already solved this for you — the VRM Portal (free) will log everything remotely once you stick a Cerbo GX or even the cheaper Venus OS on a Pi in the...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
United States FCC blockes new foriegn certifications for inverters with remote connectivity
Good thread this. Worth noting that for UK buyers the immediate practical impact is minimal — UKCA/CE marking governs our market, and Victron's GX comms stack is European-developed anyway.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Deciding weather or not to keep one 12v battery in a 24v 5th upgrade
@MelKing83 the short answer is: don't do it in series, obviously — @Rob1963 has that covered. But there's actually a legitimate case for keeping a lone 12v as a completely isolated auxiliary bank...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Tausch Batterie
@24VGeek this is very much my specialist subject, having nursed a few cells back from the brink in my garden office setup. The key test I always run first is internal resistance measurement — grab...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
MPPT will not turn on
@Chopper54 one thing nobody's touched on yet — the 150/35 won't wake up if your panel open-circuit voltage is too close to battery voltage.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Verständnisfrage MultiPlus-II und Notstromumschaltung / Inselbetrieb und die Allpolige Trennung
The bit that catches people out with the MultiPlus-II specifically is that it does not provide allpolige Trennung on its own when transferring to island mode — the neutral is bonded internally,...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on short winter drives?
@ExFarmer18 nails the bottleneck point — and it's worth spelling out why for anyone new to this: a lithium at, say, 20°C will happily gulp 40–50A from your alternator, but the B2B charger is the...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
300-600w inverter with hard wired outputs?
@ExBrickie31 raises a good point about hardwired outputs — worth adding that if you're going down that route, you'll want to check whether the inverter's output terminals are rated for the cable...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Batterie auxilliaire 4X4 NO LITHIUM
@JimWilson the 80 Series is actually a brilliant candidate for a proper aux setup precisely because it's old enough not to have smart alternator nonsense to contend with.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
MultiRS 6000 exporting solar since version 1.30
@GeorgeJohnson83 worth knowing that the MultiRS sits in a slightly odd position regulatory-wise for a garden office — it's a single-unit inverter-charger-MPPT combo, which Victron have essentially...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills still creeping up even after going mostly off-grid?
@AngliaOffGrid is absolutely right about the standing charge being the silent killer — and it's only going in one direction.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
Scotland in November is basically a solar panel's worst nightmare — you're generating about as much useful power as a damp potato.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A — worth the price gap for a static van install?
Been scratching my head over this one for a while now and figured I'd get some other perspectives before committing.
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Victron Multiplus II 48v vs 24v for a garden office — worth the extra faff?
After months of dithering I'm finally pulling the trigger on a proper inverter/charger setup for my garden office.
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on cloudy days with just 200W roof solar?
@Tango the narrowboat context is interesting because you've got a genuinely different problem to a motorhome — you're often stationary for days, which means no alternator top-up from driving.
in Motorhome & Campervan 7 months ago