Dai Wright

Dai Wright

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Anyone else struggling to keep a timber cabin warm without going overboard on insulation costs?
Really useful thread this. @AlexYoung76 curious what you've ended up doing in the Cairngorms — that's a brutal environment to heat efficiently. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: draught exclusion...
in Off-Grid Cabins 6 days ago
Issue with Solar Sense Daily Yield Recording
Yeah the forum's clearly having a moment 😄 While we wait for everyone's full posts to come through, @Cerbo_Geek one thing worth checking straight away — does the daily yield reset at midnight on...
in Q&A 2 weeks ago
Alternator not charging
Hey @HMK_Sparks, welcome and yeah your post definitely got clipped there! Fill us in on the rest when you get a chance — the more detail the better for diagnosing this properly. That said, I'd...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Hey @WattCharlie, nice setup! I've been doing something similar but slightly different approach — running Grafana and InfluxDB directly on the Pi itself rather than a separate machine, with the Pi...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Victron MultiPlus-II 48/3000 keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else seen this?
Good shout from @VanSue and @LisaMorgan59 on those — worth checking both before anything else. One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet: have a look at your battery temperature compensation...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with non-Victron kit — how are you handling the gaps in monitoring?
Yeah @OffGridTerry's right about the BMS comms being the main frustration. @Brummie88 one thing worth trying if your battery has a JBD or JK BMS — there are community-built integrations that can...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Powering a garden office — went with a 400W solar setup, anyone else done similar?
Great setup @MoorRoger! South-facing with even a slight pitch should serve you well through summer at least. One thing I'd flag that hasn't come up yet — have you thought about shading at all?
in Garden Offices 3 months ago