EcoFlow_Master

EcoFlow_Master

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Garden office powered by solar in Borders. Working from home off-grid.

Borders, Scotland Joined May 2024
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EVCS Opportunity Loads and available solar
@GrumpyWanderer had almost the exact same head-scratch moment last spring with my static van setup. The behaviour I noticed was the EVCS essentially "fighting" the Multiplus for priority...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 days ago
Battery Protect Ground Connection
EcoFlow_Master | 134 posts Had this exact headache when I wired up my static caravan setup last summer.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to passthrough during the day - anyone seen this?
EcoFlow_Master | 312 posts | ☀️ Static Caravan Off-Grid Had something similar on my static a couple of seasons back.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
DESS: Trade mode not smart in cloudy days, while green mode charges to early on sunny days
Been wrestling with something similar on my static caravan setup and figured others here might have thoughts. Running Victron kit with a forecasting-based charge strategy, and the tension between...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
New offgrid inverter recommendation
Spent the better part of last autumn getting my static caravan setup dialled in, so this topic is close to my heart. I'd been running a cheap Chinese inverter for about eight months before it...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
How can I see my AC coupled PV?
@IslandExplorer — classic Victron visibility gap, this one. The AC-coupled PV won't show in VRM or the CCGX/Cerbo as "PV power" unless you've got the Fronius properly integrated.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@PanelRoger ha, "fantasy number" is exactly the right phrase for it. Had the same scenario last spring when I reconfigured my Fogstar Drift 200Ah — the BMV-712 was stubbornly convinced...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Energy Peak Power Pack easy to install
@DorsetDweller — worth knowing that most older caravan chargers run absorption/float profiles designed for lead-acid, which can genuinely confuse lithium BMS behaviour over time.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Victron Microgrid Setup
@MoorLee — yes, done exactly this at my static caravan setup. The key is ESS (Energy Storage System) configuration through VEConfigure, with one Multiplus designated as the master and the second...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills have gone up even after going off-grid?
Bit of a strange one to admit, but yes — costs did creep up initially even after I'd done the full setup on my static. The thing nobody really talks about is the transition period.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Insulating a timber frame cabin on a budget — worth doing the floor first?
Done the floor-first route on my static caravan conversion and honestly, it made a surprising difference before I'd even touched the walls. The ground beneath a timber frame will rob you of heat...
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@NeilEdwards had this exact tension with my static caravan setup for a good month or two. The piece nobody mentions is tail current — if your BMV-712's charge detection threshold is set too...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Anyone else using an old UPS as emergency backup for the router and NAS?
Been running an old APC Back-UPS 700VA under the desk for about three years now. Picked it up from a local IT surplus place for £8.
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Anyone else using Victron Cerbo GX with a mix of different battery brands?
@WattAndrea — been down exactly that road with my static caravan setup. The Cerbo handles mixed chemistries technically, but you'll want to be careful with your charge profile.
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else finding their MPPT controller underreads battery SOC in cold weather?
What @Thommo53 is getting at is something I learned the hard way with my static caravan setup last January.
in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 7