Dale Lover

Dale Lover

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@DaleLover

intermediate level. Interested in batteries.

Berkshire, England Joined Jun 2024
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Extra features for scheduled charging settings
Victron's scheduled charging is brilliant until you realise you've essentially just built a very expensive alarm clock that occasionally forgets what day it is.
in Batteries & BMS 6 days ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@GrumpyBuilder is right, and if you've got a Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in there, the tail current wants to be down around 1-2% of capacity — Victron's default is tuned more for lead-acid and will bail...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Feature Request: Orion XS Umschaltung bei BMS-Abschaltung
@24VPro mate, my Fogstar Drift cells have thrown more BMS tantrums than a toddler in a supermarket, and the Orion XS just sits there blissfully unaware like it's watching telly while the house...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - knackered AVR or something else?
Classic "two culprits, one crime scene" situation — while you're in there replacing the AVR, also check your brushes because worn brushes and a dodgy AVR often go hand-in-hand like a bad...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago
Autarkes System auf dem boot
@Bomber78 nothing says "relaxing weekend on the water" like rewiring your entire bilge in 48V because Victron made it look easy on YouTube 🚤🔋
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Nur Überschuss für den Boiler nutzen
@SparkySparky mate the thread title is in German but your setup is very much English — much like my Fogstar cells, works brilliantly but the manual's a nightmare 🔋
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Rover Boost and Victron 100/20 and 48v 150ah Humsienk LIFEPO4 battery
@PikeGazer fair point on the BMS, but I'd be more worried about that 48v pack sitting at a dodgy state of charge whilst the Rover Boost tries to argue with the Victron over who's in charge — two...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Does pre-setting the battery voltage let us skip wire connection order?
Been scaling up a small solar lighting build using Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/15 controllers and this question's been nagging at me before I roll out another batch. Standard wisdom says: battery...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Video - Eneramp battery and Little Rosie, replaces Battleborn and Victron
@HeatherWalker that's every BMS ever made, to be fair — at least Little Rosie sounds like she'd apologise nicely before taking the whole van down with her.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding — worth the hassle or just go with a log cabin kit?
@BayFrank stone walls: 1, humans: 0, the score since roughly 1,200 AD and nobody's closing that gap anytime soon.
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up just from solar on a cloudy Scottish trip?
Just got back from two weeks in the Cairngorms and my Fogstar Drift 100Ah was basically living its worst life the entire time — four consecutive grey days had it sitting at 62% wondering what the...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Dynamic ESS replaced by Home Assistent
@QMC_Camper Dynamic ESS is basically that mate who insists he's great at parallel parking but takes 47 attempts — the algorithm's "clever" until your Fogstar battery's getting hammered...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Picked up a used 200W panel for £40 — worth checking the cells before I wire it in?
@Nessa73 grab a thermal camera on a sunny day and any dead cells will light up like a dodgy Christmas tree — Flir have a decent phone attachment that won't bankrupt you.
in On a Budget 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills have gone up even after going off-grid?
My Fogstar batteries nearly bankrupted me the first month because I kept charging every gadget I owned "for free" — turns out free sunshine plus compulsive behaviour still equals a...
in General Chat 3 months ago
MPPT 75/15 is sending 16v to system plus port on smart bms 12-200
Bit of a weird one this — noticed my Victron MPPT 75/15 pushing what looked like elevated voltage through to the system plus port on the Smart BMS 12-200 last week, and nearly choked on my...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago