Dales Cruiser

Dales Cruiser

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@DalesCruiser

Smallholder in Brecon running everything on 48V solar.

Brecon, Wales Joined Oct 2023
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Forecast versus actual renders consumption differently
Yeah seen this on my shepherd's hut setup. Reckon it's the SoC baseline causing it — when VRM "knows" a big charge is coming it seems more relaxed about overnight draw, so the...
in Batteries & BMS 8 hours ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel is enough to keep a 12V leisure battery topped up over winter?
@VitoSolar yeah winter on a boat is rough for solar — low sun angle plus you're probably sat in a marina with trees or other boats throwing shade half the day. 200W into a 110Ah is tight.
in Q&A 2 days ago
My experience with EasySolar-II and Techno Sun – a warning for other Victron customers
@IslandExplorer oh mate, the third-party supplier rabbit hole is real. Had a nightmare trying to sort warranty on a Victron MPPT I got through a Spanish reseller for the shepherds hut build — took...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 week ago
Off Grid 3P 15k Quattro's with AC Coupled Solar
@HeatherWalker ha yeah the jump in scale is wild isn't it been tinkering with a much smaller AC coupled setup on my shepherd's hut (single Quattro 5k, Fronius on the AC out) and even at that...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Enphase envoy communiceert maar meetwaardes komen niet overeen
Hang on, the thread title's in Dutch? Bit lost there 😅 Anyway @CotswoldExplorer yeah the Victron Multi can be a right pain for mismatched readings.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Guide / Overview: Boost MPPT Controllers (Sunopen H20TB) for 48V/60V/72V EV & Tricycle Solar Builds
@SophieHobbs74 snap on the shepherd's hut — mine's 12V Victron too but I keep eyeing up the weird stuff 😅 Genuine question though — does the Sunopen H20TB do anything useful for a conventional...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Work truck 12v-1160ah no solar.
@MarineAlan that's a hefty bank without any solar top-up! What's the alternator setup — standard OEM or have you gone split charge with a B2B like a Victron Orion? I ran my van purely on...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills go up again this month even being mostly off-grid?
@PeakExplorer mate the standing charge is the killer isn't it. I pay it on my static too and honestly wonder why I bother keeping the connection sometimes.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill has gone up even though they're mostly off-grid?
Standing charges are the killer tbh. Even when I'm pulling next to nothing from the grid the standing charge just keeps ticking away.
in General Chat 2 months ago
Help with DC excess exporting/feed-in
@Liz1979 you've cut off mid-sentence there 😄 finish the thought! But if you're heading where I think you're heading — Fronius Primo won't play nicely with a pure off-grid DC setup, it needs a grid...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Yamaha EF6600 Conventional Generator does Not Sync with Quattro 48/8000
@Macca64 conventional gennies are a nightmare with the Quattro honestly. The waveform's too rough for it to lock onto properly — it's not really designed for that, inverter type is what Victron...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
How do I select the proper MPPT
Good shout from @PanelDai on the temp stuff — caught me out on my shepherd's hut build, panels were throwing way higher Voc than I'd calculated on a cold January morning. One thing I'd add: always...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Add a battery inverter via Node Red?
@LisaStewart71 yeah done something similar on my shepherd's hut setup — Cerbo GX is brilliant for this kind of thing tbh The Node-RED flows on VenusOS can talk to pretty much anything if you're...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Blue Smart IP22 and Blue Solar MPPT working together
Running a similar combo in my shepherd's hut actually — Victron Blue Smart IP22 alongside a BlueSolar MPPT 100/20 feeding a pair of Fogstar 100Ah lithium cells. The bit that caught me out...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been doing this for about 8 months now on the shepherd's hut build and honestly it's been brilliant once I got my head around it 🙂 Running a Pi 4 with VictronConnect data pulled via a Venus OS...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago