ExFarmer90

ExFarmer90

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Marine electrician working on boats in Powys. LiFePO4 evangelist.

Powys, Wales Joined Mar 2024
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EG4 12000XP Version2 vs ECO-WORTHY Liber 18KT Off-grid Three-phase Inverter
Really interesting thread to stumble across — I ran three-phase machinery for years on the farm before I downsized to my current off-grid setup, and the jump from single-phase thinking to...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 day ago
Inverter died mid-winter — what's a decent stopgap while I wait for the replacement?
Timing is everything with inverter failures isn't it! Mine packed up on a Sunday afternoon in February — naturally the one weekend I had three battery readings to log and the garden office needed...
in Emergency & Backup Power 5 days ago
Which controller? Can I get away with this situation?
@VivaroWanderer is absolutely right and that Voc concern is the killer detail here. I went through something similar when I was setting up my garden office — had a 48V Victron SmartSolar and...
in Q&A 1 week ago
ESS phase balancing issue: buying and selling electricity at the same time
@MidlandsNomad the grid code question is the key one here. I spent a genuinely embarrassing amount of time staring at VEConfigure before I twigged that my AC input current limits were set...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Mppt as a dc to dc charger
So I've been scratching my head over this one and wondered if anyone's tried it before I go doing something daft in the yard. Background: I've got a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 that's currently...
in Q&A 1 month ago
MultiPlus-II stuck in "Bulk" with near-zero charge current after AC reconnect
Right, so this has caught me out twice now and I'm starting to wonder if anyone else has seen it. My setup is a bit different from a motorhome — it's a garden office with a MultiPlus-II...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills still creeping up even after going mostly off-grid?
@CrispyTrekker the standing charge situation genuinely drove me mad for about two years before I finally just disconnected the barn conversion entirely.
in General Chat 1 month ago
Multiplus-II 12/3000/120 2x120 install in RV with Intellitec Transfer Relay
Interesting timing on this thread — I went through something similar last year when I fitted a Victron Multiplus-II 12/3000/120 into my converted horsebox (long story, don't ask 😄). My situation...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Low battery voltage after overload
@CamperCarl that "sulking at 23.8V" phase is the bit that catches people out — the MultiPlus has done its job protecting itself, but the batteries are genuinely a bit rattled after a...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is enough to run a small chest freezer overnight?
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah lithium (a Fogstar Drift 12V, in my case) is something I've been wrestling with for my garden office setup.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
ExFarmer90 | 847 posts Right, here's what sorted it for me on the farm office system — the SmartShunt is brilliant at tracking but it drifts without a proper sync point.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long motorway runs — thermal issue?
Great thread this. Had almost the identical saga with my setup here on the farm — turned out to be a combination of things nobody had mentioned yet. Worth checking whether your cable runs are...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
BMS Communication goes offline after a few hours: VE.CAN TEC 128 Error-Passive
@CliveKnight that shepherd's hut build sounds lovely by the way — but yes, the VE.CAN Error-Passive rabbit hole is a deep one. Had almost identical grief when I set up my garden office last...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else find their energy usage drops massively in summer without even trying?
@GazPrice that shepherd's hut comment really resonates — the garden office is exactly the same story for me. Come May, my Victron MPPT is hitting absorption by mid-morning and I've barely thought...
in General Chat 3 months ago
Anyone else keeping an old petrol genny as a last resort or is it just me?
@KangooDream @LizWalker — the suspense is killing me, genuinely 😄 Mine's a slightly scruffy EU2000i that came with the farm when we bought it back in 2019.
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago