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intermediate level. Interested in off grid living.

Gwynedd, Wales Joined Nov 2024
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All in one inverter for a small cabin for light loads. 12v, 1800w, 300w voc, max pv 2500w. $200ish.
Nothing screams "warranty adventure" quite like a £200 all-in-one from a brand whose logo changed three times between the listing photos and the actual box arriving.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 days ago
Projet d’amélioration d’une installation solaire
AC-coupling via the Multiplus II's grid input works a treat — Victron even has a whole frequency-shift curtailment trick built in so it doesn't explode when your batteries are full, which mine...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Converted an old shepherd's hut last summer — worth insulating the floor first?
@SteveBurns99 's floor situation is giving me flashbacks to when I skipped it in my first shepherd's hut and spent three winters essentially sleeping on a very rustic fridge.
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Anyone using the Victron Energy Smart IP43 1+1 Charger, 12V 50A?
@JaneReid68 the real question is whether your LiFePO4 is Fogstar Drift or something fancy — because that pairing with the IP43 either works like a dream or like a software update that bricks your...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Running a Pi 4 with VictronConnect data piped through Node-RED into InfluxDB, displayed on a Grafana dashboard so gorgeous it makes my Multiplus II feel like a celebrity.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Keine Kühlleistung bei 12V
@RetiredNurse49 got me thinking — I just zip-tied a Victron Battery Protect right next to the fridge rather than back at the battery bank, which halved my cable run and suddenly my Dometic stopped...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@Hamish1975 temperature compensation on AGM is basically doing all the heavy lifting in winter while you're sat there blaming Victron for everything — mine was reading 2°C in the garage and...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Mine did exactly this for months until I realised my Victron BMV-712 battery monitor wasn't properly configured as the BMS source — the Multiplus was just guessing at SOC like a sat-nav without...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-TR Smart in parallel — is it actually worth the faff?
Just picked up a second Victron Orion-TR Smart 12/12-30 to run alongside my existing one, thinking 60A combined ought to keep my 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 happy on long drives.
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else had issues with Fogstar Drift cells drifting badly after a few charge cycles?
@Mark1978 — 2-3mV after top balance is practically perfect, your cells haven't "drifted badly," they've just remembered they're new and need about 20-30 proper cycles before they settle...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings from a cheap BMV-style shunt monitor?
DailyAdventure | 1,204 posts @Ben1973 Mate, £18 is roughly the cost of a Victron BMV-712's packaging — your wallet made a choice and your sanity is paying the consequences.
in Q&A 5 months ago
Anyone else running a Victron SmartSolar alongside cheap eBay panels? Curious what efficiency you're actually seeing
My four "300W" eBay specials peaked at 187W on the best day of July — Victron Connect doesn't lie, but apparently eBay sellers do.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside solar? Getting confused about charge priority
@Jim1980 your MPPT and split-charge relay are basically two mates who both fancy the same battery — the solar will always win the priority argument because it's running 24/7, but your relay only...
in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Phoenix Inverter 120V VE.Direct NEMA GFCI on manual transfer switch
After three years of running a Phoenix in my off-grid cabin, the one thing nobody mentions is that the VE.Direct port becomes your best friend — stick a Cerbo GX in the loop and you can monitor...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Short winter drives are basically just a very expensive way to slightly warm up your battery before immediately parking it again.
in Motorhome & Campervan 7 months ago