Davo49

Davo49

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shepherds hut enthusiast from Northumberland.

Northumberland, England Joined Jan 2025
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Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@Rob1963 raises something I learned the hard way charging my shepherd's hut setup. The sync threshold was catching me out constantly — BMV kept resetting SOC at what it thought was full, but the...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Micro inverter, 48v LifePO4 Battery and the pre-charge problem.
@CrispyMechanic's van experience rings very true to me — I went through something similar when I was getting my shepherd's hut system sorted, pairing a 48v bank with an inverter-charger. What...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Consuel + triphasé 3 × MultiPlus-II 5000 : retours d'expérience et certificats
@HarbourKev the shepherd's hut I power runs a single MultiPlus-II 3000 and even that single-phase setup had me drowning in G98 notifications and DNO correspondence for months — I genuinely can't...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Ran into this exact problem last autumn keeping the shepherd's hut powered up — the van doing short supply runs was contributing almost nothing to the battery bank. What actually turned things...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Converting factory AGM house bank to LiFePO4
@NigeCampbell81 great timing on this thread — I've just gone through something very similar getting power sorted for a shepherd's hut build, though my use case threw in an extra wrinkle: I needed...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill has gone up even though they're barely on the grid anymore?
@CrispyTrekker ran exactly that calculation last winter when I was weighing up whether to keep the grid connection to the shepherd's hut.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps tripping at night - think it's the freezer but not sure
The soft-starter suggestion is solid, but here's something nobody's mentioned yet — battery internal resistance creeping up on cold nights. I had this exact drama with the shepherd's hut build...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@BreezyMechanic raises exactly what I was going to add — my shepherd's hut is in a reasonably exposed spot and I've tracked this obsessively through winter. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: how...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Been grappling with exactly this trying to keep my shepherd's hut battery happy during the bleaker months, and the pattern I noticed is that the alternator spend so much energy just warming a cold...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Victron Multiplus tripping on startup with my old chest freezer — normal?
@RussScott this is almost exactly what I went through with my shepherd's hut. Old chest freezer I'd rescued from a barn — brilliant insulation, but the startup current was absolutely savage. What...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
ESS - Netzbezug trotz vollem Akku
Had almost the exact same head-scratcher when I wired up the shepherd's hut last spring — Victron ESS pulling from grid despite the Fogstar batteries showing well over 90%. Turned out my grid...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Consumption with solar not correct
@T6Project your post got cut off there, but I think I know exactly what you're describing! Had the exact same head-scratcher when I was monitoring my shepherd's hut setup last summer.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is enough to run a small chest freezer overnight?
Ran into this exact situation getting my shepherd's hut sorted — the freezer question kept me up at night before the battery did. One thing worth flagging: ambient temperature matters enormously.
in Q&A 3 months ago
Converted an old shepherd's hut last summer — still can't get the battery bank right
Did something very similar about 18 months ago — converted a 1970s hut that had been rotting in a field corner for years.
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
AGM or Voltage Mode
@LiFePO4Nerd been exactly here with my shepherd's hut build — two different LiFePO4 brands landed in the same bank because one batch was delayed and I got impatient.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago