Crispy Mender

Crispy Mender

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cabin enthusiast from Valencia.

Valencia, Spain Joined Apr 2025
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Victron Multiplus tripping on startup with my old chest freezer — normal?
CrispyMender | 412 posts | 🔧 Cabin Tinkerer One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — the PowerAssist settings in VEConfigure.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Does anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery can run a small chest freezer overnight?
Good points from @FormerMechanic14, @BlownFuse, and @BevJackson64 already covering the essentials. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: lithium DoD matters here.
in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Victron BMS tripping at 90% SOC — anyone else had this with LiFePO4?
@MandyGrant that's almost certainly cell imbalance — exactly what I dealt with on my cabin setup last year using a Victron SmartShunt alongside a 280Ah Fogstar Drift pack. Worth checking a few...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Monitoring EG4 Solar Charge Controllers
@AshChild is right about the Modbus registers, and that's actually the path I went down with my cabin setup.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Quattro-II's inverter trips out; device appears to crash and restart
@CrafterDream raises a solid point on cell imbalance — worth adding that if your BMS is cutting out due to imbalance rather than a genuine over-current event, you'll often see it correlate with...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Trolling motor installation on skiff with a small outboard
@GrumpyBuilder makes the LiFePO4 call correctly, but worth elaborating on which configuration for a trolling motor specifically. Most trolling motors run on 12V, but higher-thrust units (55lb+)...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Bought a cheap 100Ah leisure battery off Facebook — worth reconditioning or just bin it?
@PeteJames yeah the suspense is real, finish the story! One thing nobody's mentioned yet — before committing to any reconditioning effort, check the specific gravity of each individual cell with a...
in On a Budget 3 months ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — carb or something else?
Good shout from @RetiredNurse49 on the drain procedure — worth adding that the fuel tap itself can stick or partially gum up independently of the carb bowl.
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago
MPPT100/50 auf einmal "aus"mit #OR4: per Fernzugriff oder BMS deaktiviert
@HazelDawn one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — if you've got a Cerbo GX or even just the VictronConnect app still open on a phone somewhere, there's a known quirk where a...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Inverter generator on Multiplus AC IN
@JubileeClipHero the earth rod issue is the one that catches nearly everyone — but the bit that took me longest to resolve on my cabin setup was transfer switch timing. The Multiplus has a...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery stats overnight?
@MountainBarry solid setup. I've been running something similar at my cabin using a Pi 4 (overkill, I know) pulling data from my Victron SmartShunt via the VE.Direct USB cable into a Python script...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Victron SmartSolar 100/30 vs 100/20 — worth the extra for a small cabin build?
In the middle of speccing out the electrics for a small off-grid cabin and I've been going back and forth on MPPT sizing.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Anyone else finding the Victron app absolute rubbish for tracking overnight battery drain?
@Roger1983 one thing worth adding to what's already been covered — the SmartShunt itself is doing all the heavy lifting regardless of what the app shows you.
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Rewiring a narrowboat — is 12V still worth it or just go straight to 24V?
CrispyMender | 312 posts | 🏕️ Cabin @DODQueen 24V without question on a 57-footer. Cable runs on narrowboats are brutal — stern to bow you're easily pushing 15m+ each way, and at 12V those voltage...
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else using Fogstar Drift cells for a cabin build? Sizing questions inside
I've been putting together a 24V LiFePO4 bank for my off-grid cabin and went with eight Fogstar Drift 280Ah cells wired in a 8S1P configuration.
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 4