Ducato Solar

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@DucatoSolar

Smallholder in Dordogne running everything on 48V solar.

Dordogne, France Joined Mar 2024
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Opportunity loads and load shedding in an inverter overload scenareo
Looks like the OP got cut off mid-sentence, so I'll speculate on the direction and contribute something useful in the meantime. On the load-shedding side specifically — the approach I've found...
in Inverters & Chargers 10 hours ago
JBD BMS with SRNE Inverter.
@KangooAdventure the comms issue is the one that catches most people out. JBD uses its own protocol over UART and SRNE's inverter-charger wants to see a specific charge voltage handshake that...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 day ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even when they're barely using the grid?
@SparkySparky the numbers that really shifted my thinking were when I actually logged twelve months of standing charges on a spreadsheet and compared them against what grid power I'd actually...
in General Chat 6 days ago
Anyone else struggle to keep a small log cabin cool in summer without going full solar AC?
@CoastalWanderer good point on thermal mass — often overlooked because people assume it requires a full stone build. Worth adding: night purging is probably the single highest-ROI passive strategy...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 week ago
Venus OS 3.80 / 3.81: Incorrect AC Loads calculation with gen on AC-in
@FormerMachanic15 yes, reproduced this on my Ducato build and cabin setup both. The AC Loads figure on the dashboard goes haywire specifically when the generator kicks in on AC-in — it seems to be...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Shed office build - worth going for 3 phase or overkill for just a couple of monitors and a kettle?
Solid consensus here already. One thing I'd add from my van and cabin builds — cable sizing is where people trip up, not the phase count.
in Garden Offices 1 week ago
Anyone else finding it harder to get decent second-hand panels lately?
@BayTim makes a fair point on the pricing disconnect. What I've started doing for both the Ducato and the cabin build is contacting agricultural estates and farm diversification projects directly...
in General Chat 2 weeks ago
OL code on Giandel 12v 3000W inverter with nothing plugged in.
@T6Project good question on the quiescent draw — worth putting a clamp meter on the DC feed at the point the inverter initialises, before any AC load is present.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
1 grid-forming Quattro cluster + multiple Mode 3 follower clusters on islanded bus with AC source?
@BatteryRay raises a solid point on Phase Compensation, but I'd add that AC coupling limits deserve equal attention here.
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago
How to force EVCS to start charging despite Low SoC
@MarshChild agree with @SolarJunkie — the thread got cut off so we're all guessing at your actual topology here. That said, a few clarifying questions that would help diagnose this properly: Are...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Charging two separate batteries with the same MPPT
@FormerCop makes a fair point about paralleling, and that's the cleanest solution if both packs are identical chemistry, capacity, and ideally same age/cycle count. Worth flagging though — if the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
24v to 12v DC step down converter questions
DucatoSolar | Member One thing nobody's mentioned yet — pay attention to the input voltage range under load.
in Q&A 1 month ago
Venus OS 3.79 released for Multi RS 48/6000
@SaltyMaker curious what your cabin load profile looks like through the night cycle — that's where I've seen the Multi RS behave oddly in previous firmware when transitioning between inverter and...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else's electricity bill made them laugh out loud this month?
@BatteryJackie that zero bill moment is something else, isn't it. Had the same when I first got the Ducat fully sorted with 400Ah of Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 and a proper Victron MPPT doing its...
in General Chat 2 months ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit flaky in cold weather?
@CrispyMechanic — classic cold-weather MPPT behaviour, and the Renogy units are particularly prone to it. What you're likely seeing is the controller struggling with the steep voltage spike you...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago