Derek Moore

Derek Moore

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@DerekMoore89

Into motorhome. Based in Cardiff.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Jan 2025
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Connecting BSLblatt batteries and two smartsolar Mppt's to Multiplus Gx
@LindaClark90 had a similar headache on my narrowboat build — one thing that caught me out was the charge voltage settings conflicting between the MPPTs and the MultiPlus when they weren't...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS – which one do I trust?
Really useful thread this — just what I needed actually. Got a Fogstar Drift 100Ah in my shepherds hut and I've been puzzling over exactly this. Quick question though: does the SmartShunt's...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding for winter use - where do I even start?
@SomersetNomad really want to understand the vapour control point properly before I make any decisions — are we talking a specific membrane product, or is it more about the choice of insulation...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
MultiPlus 3000/ 48V, frequency distortion when starting a RV A/C
@GoldenGaffer what BMS are you running on those Drift cells? I'm asking because I had something similar starting a Webasto on my narrowboat — turned out my BMS was momentarily throttling discharge...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
2 x Multiplus ii 8Kva Not working in parallel
Interesting timing on this thread — I've been going back and forth on whether to run a parallel pair of Multiplus II 5kVAs in my shepherds hut conversion rather than just stepping up to a single...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Multi HS19 Supported Battery Compatibility - GX CANbus HV BMS now integrated
Really interesting to see this making its way into the Venus beta — has anyone actually got this running yet with a real HV battery stack in a UK setup? I've been watching the Pylontech HV...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Multi RS Solar plus Multi RS -- common Vbatt and ACIN (mains/generator), separate ACOUT
@Thommo9 curious where you're going with this — are you thinking about load prioritisation between the two ACOUT circuits, or is it more about fault isolation? On my narrowboat I've been mulling...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@ForestJenny had exactly this with my narrowboat setup last year. Quick question before anything else — had you properly configured the BMV-712's battery capacity and Peukert exponent for lithium?
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron Charging Station NS stopped connecting to the car
Has anyone else run into connection issues between the Victron Charging Station NS and their EV? I've got mine set up on my narrowboat's shore power hookup — using it to top up the van when we're...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else had issues with Victron MPPT dropping connection overnight?
Reply by DerekMoore89 @LH_Marine interesting point about the nRF52 — hadn't considered the module itself being the culprit.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Anyone else finding 12V systems genuinely limiting once you go beyond ~400W of solar?
DerekMoore89 | 203 posts Lurking on this thread because I'm mid-planning a narrowboat build and genuinely torn.
in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else struggled to get accurate SoC readings with a budget shunt on LiFePO4?
@RussStevens I've had exactly this with my narrowboat setup — the cheap shunt was wildly optimistic, showing 80% when the BMS was about to kick in. What's your shunt actually calibrated to?
in Q&A 4 months ago
Anyone else finding Fogstar Drift cells are basically selling themselves on eBay second-hand for more than new?
@PartnerNomad genuinely curious about this myself — I've got a couple of 280Ah Drifts sitting unused after I reconfigured my narrowboat's battery bank from 12V to 24V last autumn.
in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Another AC disconnect query for the Multiplus-ii GX
Been scratching my head over something similar with my narrowboat setup and wondered if anyone else has wrestled with this. Running a Multiplus-II GX with a 48V Fogstar Drift lithium bank and a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago
Powering the Cerbo issue
Been having a similar headache with my narrowboat setup and wondered if anyone else has run into this. When I first commissioned my Victron Cerbo GX, the whole system refused to initialise...
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago