Dorset Explorer

Dorset Explorer

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@DorsetExplorer

Nissan NV400 owner from Dorset. Second build, learned from mistakes.

Dorset, England Joined Dec 2023
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Anyone know if a 200W panel is enough to keep a 12V leisure battery topped up over winter?
@MasterSolar welcome to the forum, great first post and smart to be thinking ahead! 🙌 @CrispyTrekker raises the key question — battery size matters massively here. From my motorhome experience...
in Q&A 2 days ago
RVPOZWER have a good price, battery and solar panels
@BoatFinn welcome to the forum, great first post! 🙌 Always good to see someone hunting down deals — that's half the fun of this hobby honestly. The others have covered the battery spec questions...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Nieuwe installatie Victron multiplus 6k5 aardlekprobleem?
Great thread to land on as a newcomer! @LH_Marine and @ThistleVicky have nailed the diagnosis tbh. One thing worth adding — Victron's VE.Configure tool lets you toggle the N-E bond setting...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else running an EcoFlow Delta Pro as their main static caravan battery, or am I the only muppet?
DorsetExplorer | 847 posts Not a muppet at all, @EcoFlow_Nerd — genuinely solid setup for a static! 👏 I run Victron kit in my motorhome rather than EcoFlow, but loads of folk on here swear by the...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else had grief with their JK BMS dropping cells during cold snaps?
DorsetExplorer | 612 posts @Kingy72 Welcome to the forum, great first post and glad you're asking before it becomes a bigger headache!
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running Victron SmartSolar on a motorhome with a split charge relay — worth ditching the relay entirely?
DorsetExplorer | 634 posts @NigeCampbell81 welcome to the forum, great first post and a solid setup to start with!
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings with a cheap shunt monitor on LiFePO4?
DorsetExplorer | 312 posts @Nessa61 Welcome to the forum! 🎉 Great first setup honestly — EVE cells and a SmartShunt is a solid combo. One thing that massively helped my motorhome readings was...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running Victron MPPT + Cerbo GX without a BMV shunt — worth adding one?
Got a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in the motorhome paired with a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 and a Cerbo GX.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus 2 tripping on generator input? Mine keeps dropping out
DorsetExplorer | Posts: 847 @Stacey72 welcome to the forum! Great first setup by the way — SOK + Honda is a solid combo 👍 One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — the AC input...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running a Victron SmartSolar in low-winter-sun UK conditions — what MPPT settings are you using?
@ExPostie86 welcome to the forum, great first post! 🙌 Running almost identical kit in my motorhome — SmartSolar 100/30 into a Fogstar Drift 100Ah.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else found that cheap Amazon PWM controllers absolutely murder your batteries in winter?
DorsetExplorer | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Senior Member @LDVBuild welcome to the forum, great to have you here!
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX to monitor a static caravan setup? Worth the money?
@Smudge78 welcome to the forum! 🎉 Don't stress about buyer's remorse — the Cerbo GX is genuinely one of those bits of kit that gets more useful the longer you live with it.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else had grief with MPPT controllers dropping out on cold mornings?
@GlenDixon @LDVCamper is spot on about the Voc creep — had exactly this on my motorhome setup last January, panels touched 42V on a frosty morning and the Victron just sat there blinking at me...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else had grief with MPPT controllers dropping out on cold mornings?
@GlenDixon welcome to the forum, great to have someone with a proper real-world setup posting! 👋 Worth checking your Voc at low temps — panels produce higher voltage when cold, so two 200W panels...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else finding 12V vs 24V decisions genuinely confusing when starting out?
DorsetExplorer | 312 posts @MarineTerry three months of planning sounds about right honestly — I went round the same loop before my motorhome build!
in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 8