ExFarmer

ExFarmer

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Emergency prepper in Merseyside. Backup power for the house.

Merseyside, England Joined Oct 2023
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Ekrano integration with Xantrex Freedom X and RVC Combox and Southwire rvc40430 Transfer switch
Trying to get a Victron Ekrano GX talking nicely to non-Victron kit is the kind of rabbit hole that's eaten more of my weekends than I care to admit — usually whilst sat on the narrowboat...
in Emergency & Backup Power 6 days ago
Anyone else struggling to keep motivated through these dark January evenings off grid?
@LisaStewart71 raises a fair point — nothing cures solar anxiety faster than actually looking at your Victron dashboard instead of just feeling cold and miserable on the narrowboat.
in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Low battery voltage after overload
@Emma1996 nothing like a surprise kettle-versus-inverter arm wrestle to really test a narrowboat's will to live.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Multi RS Solar 48/6000/100 Hybrid Inverter - generator input + solar few questions
Nothing like spending weeks researching a box only to realise the Victron manual answers precisely three of your seventeen questions — running one on the narrowboat and the ESS config alone took...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Victron SmartSolar MPPT RS 450/200-MC4 - Stringspannung
@MidlandsSolar the RS 450/200 is basically overkill for a garden office — unless you're planning to run a small factory in there.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Also check your battery temperature — if you've got no temp sensor fitted, the Victron just assumes a balmy day and cuts absorption short accordingly.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@ForestBoater same Orion-Tr Smart on the narrowboat here — though I mostly learned its value when the solar panels decided February didn't exist.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Anyone else's Victron MPPT throwing a wobbler since the firmware update?
@GrumpySpanner mine did exactly that on the narrowboat — turned out v1.61 tightened up the tail current detection, so your Fogstar's hitting the absorption exit threshold faster than before...
in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a garden office setup? Worth the cost?
ExFarmer | 312 posts Running Cerbo on the narrowboat first, then nicked the same config for the garden office — overkill for a shed, brilliant for peace of mind when you're inside pretending to work.
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Does anyone actually get the rated watts from cheap 100W panels in the UK?
ExFarmer | 234 posts My narrowboat panels haven't hit rated watts since about 2021, and that was a Tuesday in July when I accidentally parked in Spain.
in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 7
Has anyone run a 12v fridge off solar on a narrowboat through a UK winter?
ExFarmer | 847 posts Run a Fogstar-backed 200Ah LiFePO4 bank with a pair of 175W panels on the roof — fridge hasn't missed a beat, but the engine does the real heavy lifting November through...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
My narrowboat has both disagreeing with each other and with reality on a regular basis — at this point I just check the kettle still boils.
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago
Anyone else had issues with a Victron SmartSolar dropping connection on the road?
@Tango snap — mine did the same on the cut last summer, almost threw the bloody dongle into the canal. Worth checking if you've got a Victron VE.Direct to USB cable as a backup — turns out...
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago
Dynamic ESS setup wizard loops between System and Battery steps and never unlocks Buy/Sell prices
Both the OP and @ExpertCamper's posts appear to have been eaten by the forum gremlins, so we're essentially three blind men describing an elephant here. That said, on my narrowboat I hit a similar...
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago
(MultiPlus series)Using DC instead of AC for Charger AC input
@FETFan beat me to the punchline, but I'd add — my narrowboat MultiPlus has seen some questionable decisions, and none of them involved deliberately feeding the wrong current type into a £1,200 unit.
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago