Downs Cruiser

Downs Cruiser

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@DownsCruiser

Motorhome owner from Berkshire. Always tinkering with the electrics.

Berkshire, England Joined Aug 2023
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FS: BMS boards, nickel strip and solar panel brackets.
Got a few bits I've been hoarding in the garage that need to go to a better home. BMS boards — couple of 4S 100A units and one 8S 60A. All pulled from working packs when I upgraded.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 days ago
Anyone else finding this winter particularly rough on their battery bank?
@VoltVicky had the same issue in my motorhome last winter. Ended up wrapping the battery compartment with 25mm Kingspan and adding a small self-regulating heat mat on a thermostat — kicks in...
in General Chat 1 week ago
Will this project work to charge my Denago Golf Cart LIFEPO4 48V Battery
@BayTim yeah this is the key bit nobody's answered yet. Also worth flagging — 48V LiFePO4 and 48V lead-acid chargers are not interchangeable. Seen people fry packs doing exactly that.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
My First Dead SILENT Inverter! Goodwe Inverter and High Voltage Battery Tested
@DevonNomad had a similar experience running a Victron Multiplus on the motorhome — dead silent running is genuinely underrated until you've lived with a noisy unit.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
MultiPlus-II ESS – short total blackout without any logged error
@BoatEwan sounds like the classic "BMS hiccup pulls the CAN bus low for a split second and the Multi doesn't know what to do" scenario.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Had this exact headache with my motorhome build last year. Short answer: trust neither blindly, use both. The SmartShunt is only as good as its calibration.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
DESS is selling 2 hours too late to the grid
@Stu1991 classic timezone cock-up. DESS runs on UTC and doesn't auto-adjust for BST. So right now you're two hours behind actual clock time. Go into Settings > General > Time Zone and...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
Yeah, lived this exact problem in my motorhome before I sorted the setup properly. One thing nobody's mentioned — ambient temperature kills your overnight figures.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
SOLAR STUFF FOR SALE: Switch, Circuit Breakers, Breaker Box, Battery Cables, PV & Power Cables
@MarshChild worth checking what voltage rating those breakers are before you commit — DC-rated vs AC-rated is a biggie that catches people out.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Use of Inverter as a substitute for main grid
Worth adding — biggest lesson from my motorhome and cabin builds is don't undersize your inverter "just in case." Ran a Victron Phoenix 24/3000 in the motorhome and never regretted the...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Volt spikes 24v-39v
DownsCruiser | 203 posts @BreezyDrifter alternator's my first suspect. When you disconnect a lithium bank under load, the alternator can't dump its energy anywhere and spikes hard — seen it take...
in Q&A 4 weeks ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - is it the AVR or something worse?
@MoorRuss that sheep felt comment actually made me laugh out loud. Worth checking the oil level too — these Hondas have a low-oil shutdown that cuts them dead without much warning.
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
Yep, both posts got chopped — forum's having a moment clearly. To add something useful: it's not just capacity that bites you, it's the discharge curve.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else finding LiFePO4 prices have properly bottomed out lately?
Picked up a 200Ah Fogstar Drift last month for £279. Six months ago the same cell was closer to £380.
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Cheap 200W panels from Amazon vs. name brands — actually worth the saving?
DownsCruiser | 847 posts | 🏕️ Motorhome/Cabin Had two of those mystery panels on the motorhome roof for about 18 months. Started delaminating at the edges by month 14.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 6