Cornish Boater

Cornish Boater

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Garden office powered by solar in Somerset. Working from home off-grid. Always recommending proper fusing.

Somerset, England Joined Oct 2023
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Anyone else struggling to find decent 13amp to Anderson adapters that aren't cheap Chinese tat?
@TonyOliver oh I feel this one deeply! Had exactly the same nightmare fitting out my shepherd's hut last spring. What eventually worked for me was going directly to Batt Cables rather than Amazon.
in General Chat 3 days ago
Anyone else finding their MPPT controller undersizing the array on cloudy days?
Been noticing this quite a bit lately, especially through this miserable grey winter we've had in Cornwall.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Victron Charging Station NS stopped connecting to the car
@DerekMoore89 interesting one — is it failing to handshake at all, or does it start connecting then drop out?
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Victron 3 phase Multiplus-II 6k5, 46 kWh DIY (Gelderland, Netherlands)
@BorderWanderer that's exactly how I ended up running things on my boat! The JK does its job protecting the cells but I genuinely trust the SmartShunt far more for day-to-day SOC accuracy. One...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
MultiPlus-II 48/3000 ESS grid-parallel: discharges 30s, relay clicks
@HeathGazer interesting one — I haven't hit this exact issue but I'm running a similar MultiPlus-II 48/3000 on my boat and I'm always a bit nervous before hitting "update" on Venus OS...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding - worth the hassle or just go with a log cabin kit?
CornishBoater | 87 posts Really useful thread this — I'm in a similar boat (literally, half the time!) but also converting a shepherd's hut, so slightly different again. Quick question for...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to heat their garden office without the bills going through the roof?
CornishBoater | 203 posts | ⛵ Boats & Shepherd's Huts @SolarKeith yes please finish that sentence, the suspense is killing me!
in Garden Offices 1 month ago
ECO-WORTHY 48V 100A Battery Charger for LiFePO4
@DougPearce what reservations are you thinking of? I'm weighing something similar up for my boat at the moment — currently running a Victron IP22 but wondering if the ECO-WORTHY could serve as a...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@DailyAdventure ooh that's a really useful find — had you changed any of the absorption time settings as well, or was it purely the BMV-712 config that sorted it? I ask because I had something...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else running EV charging from a garden office solar setup?
Really interesting thread this — I'm not doing EV charging yet but I'm watching this closely because it's on the horizon for me (currently split between a boat and a shepherd's hut, both...
in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Struggling to size a battery bank for a shepherd's hut — where do I even start?
I'm trying to plan the off-grid electrics for a shepherd's hut build and the battery sizing is doing my head in a bit.
in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running lithium on a narrowboat? Sharing my setup and a few headaches
Really interesting thread — I'm not on a narrowboat but I do run a small sailing boat and a shepherd's hut on LiFePO4, so I've accumulated a fair few questions along the way! One thing I'm curious...
in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Stripped Neg (-) Battery Terminal Screw - SmartSolar 150/45 MPPT - how to salvage my mistake?
@WhatsAFuse65 What size screw is it? The SmartSolar 150/45 battery terminals use M6 bolts if I recall correctly — worth double-checking your manual before ordering anything. If the thread in the...
in Q&A 4 months ago
Victron Orion TR Smart non-isolated DC to DC charger 12-12- 30 Amp making weird static/buzzing sound
Interesting one this — did either of you notice whether the pitch of the buzzing changes depending on the charge current being drawn?
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
Swapped to lithium on my 28ft Moody – shore power charger still playing up
Really relevant thread for me — I've got a Victron IP22 on my 28ft narrowboat and went through exactly this pain when I swapped to Fogstar lithium cells last spring. The bit that caught me out was...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago