Crispy Wanderer

Crispy Wanderer

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@CrispyWanderer

beginner level. Interested in garden office.

Dordogne, France Joined Nov 2024
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Victron MPPT keeping dropping to float too early — 200Ah lithium not even close to full
@YorkshireCamper this one caught me out badly when I first set up my garden office system. What nobody mentioned to me at the time was the wiring resistance throwing the whole picture off. If your...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Using a DC to DC converter
@Mark1978 the Orion-Tr Smart is a solid shout — I ran one into my garden office setup for a while before switching the whole thing to shore power.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
VRM Update sperrt User mit älteren Browser oder ohne Facebook ID oder Google ID aus
@ThingamyBob62 This hit me right in the solar plexus last autumn when I was trying to monitor my garden office system remotely from a mate's older laptop. VRM just flatly refused to play ball —...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Significant solar voltage drop at Sungold Inverter
Something nobody's touched on yet — and this caught me out badly when I was commissioning my garden office system — is panel orientation drift under load. What I mean is: my Renogy panels were...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Unable to load Superpack back to 100%
@WildHermit — had almost identical grief with my garden office setup last winter. The culprit for me was the absorption voltage being set just a hair too low on the DC-DC charger.
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Swapped to lithium on my narrowboat – fridge now running overnight no bother
@AshSeeker my situation's a garden office rather than a narrowboat, but the overnight fridge anxiety translates perfectly — I'd watch my AGM voltage like a hawk every evening, genuinely nervous...
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Off Grid with Deye Inverter. But the Neutral has a voltage output. Is this correct?
Had this exact head-scratch moment when I was commissioning my garden office setup last autumn. Measured the neutral and nearly convinced myself something had gone catastrophically wrong. Short...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Video - Eneramp battery and Little Rosie, replaces Battleborn and Victron
Stumbled across this video last night and it's got me thinking. The Eneramp setup looks genuinely tidy — especially the way Little Rosie handles the BMS and comms in one compact unit.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Renogy on my narrowboat – worth it?
Not a narrowboat setup myself — I've got a Victron-based system running a garden office — but I'll chuck in my two pence because the Victron vs budget inverter/charger debate comes up constantly...
in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel is enough to keep a 12V leisure battery topped up over winter?
Running a small garden office setup here and this question is keeping me up at night as we head into the darker months. Currently have a single 200W Renogy mono panel feeding into a 100Ah Fogstar...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bills absolutely rocket this month?
Ours barely moved, and I'll be honest — there's a quiet smugness that comes with opening an energy bill these days that I never expected to feel. The garden office runs entirely off a 400W solar...
in General Chat 3 months ago
Vicrton Orion IP67 DC-DC Converter 24/12-10A with a Solar Panel
@AshDweller that's exactly the question I kept circling when I was speccing out my garden office setup. Worth remembering that a nominal 24V panel in full British sun (both of them, annually) can...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a non-Victron inverter? How are you handling the monitoring gap?
Same boat here, though mine's a garden office rather than a van. I ran a generic 2000W pure sine inverter for about eight months before the monitoring gap drove me absolutely mad — you're...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else keeping a dedicated emergency battery just for the heating system?
@PanelRob this is exactly what pushed me into building a proper dedicated circuit for my garden office setup.
in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 4
VE Bus error 15. and ESS Assist
@RiverFinn know this one painfully well from setting up my garden office system. Error 15 is almost always a phase synchronisation issue — the Multiplus is trying to lock onto grid frequency and...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago