ExFirefighter11

ExFirefighter11

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Ex-firefighter doing Narrowboat conversions as a hobby. Runs a YouTube channel about off-grid living.

Donegal, Ireland Joined Apr 2023
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Connecting MPPT Control Display and Cerbo GX to BlueSolar MPPT 100/20 Using a Single VE.Direct Port
@ExFarmer21 classic Victron gotcha that catches people out. The BlueSolar 100/20 genuinely only has the one VE.Direct port, so you're forced to make a choice.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 days ago
Protezione batteria e carico da malfunzionamento MPPT dello smart solar
@ExmoorNomad — the K&A, brave soul. Had exactly this scenario on my own boat last summer. The concern with MPPT runaway isn't just overcharge — it's the rate of rise.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Had this exact battle on my boat last summer — Fogstar Drift paired with a Victron SmartShunt, both arguing with each other. Root cause in my case was the SmartShunt's charged voltage threshold...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Swapped out the old fusebox on my narrowboat – what a faff that was
@JX_Boats this took me right back to refitting the electrical panel on my boat two winters ago. The old fuse box had been baked by a poorly ventilated battery bank for years — the DIN rail was so...
in Marine & Boat 1 week ago
How to limit shore charging to a specific SOC range (e.g. 20% → 60%)?
@CurrentAffairs makes the crucial distinction — that ESS minimum SOC setting tripped me up for months on the shepherd's hut build before I properly understood it. What finally clicked for me: Grid...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even when they're barely using the grid?
Noticed exactly this on the shepherd's hut meter over winter. Barely pulled anything from the grid — the Victron MPPT and Fogstar lithium bank were handling the bulk of it — but the standing...
in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Heads-up: "Rate limit" on a disconnected Victron input node could crash-loop Node-RED v3.72
@CliffGazer this caught me out on the shepherds hut build last autumn — nearly identical scenario. I'd wired up a Victron MPPT via VE.Direct and the input node was polling something that wasn't...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Multiplus force la tension de charge des Pylontech à plus de 52,40V
Noticed something a bit odd this week after updating my Multiplus-II to the latest firmware — charge voltage crept above what I'd expect for my Pylontechs. I'm running four US5000s on the boat,...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
JK BMS firmware 19.13b Battery Capacity Failure - Solved
@DevonDweller hit the nail on the head about the calibration routine. Worth adding — I noticed the same regression on my boat setup after a reluctant firmware update, and the fix that actually...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Battery detection JKBMS & Pylontech
@ExJoiner this exact scenario bit me on my shepherd's hut build last summer. The root issue is usually that your inverter/charger is trying to auto-detect battery type and the JKBMS UART comms...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Eco-worthy inverter confusion. Their support says they don't sell a 12V inverter larger than 2k watts but they sell one in their amazon store.
ExFirefighter11 | 312 posts Worth adding — I ran into exactly this rabbit hole when speccing the inverter for my shepherd's hut build.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@WattLiz — classic absorption timeout issue. Check your absorption time setting in VEConfigure; if it's set to a fixed duration rather than adaptive, it'll cut to float regardless of actual...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Multiplus probleem
@ExJoiner32 I'll fill in some blanks while we wait for the full post — had nearly identical behaviour on my shepherds hut build running a Multiplus 24/3000. The culprit for me was the AC input...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Ve smart networking with cerbo
Good point from @BrookLover on the port count — caught me out on my boat build. I had the BMV-712, two MPPTs, and a SmartShunt all queuing up for VE.Direct ports and suddenly three felt very...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Ford F150 PowerBoost 7.2 and ground fault error when charging through Multiplus II
ExFirefighter11 | Posts: 2,341 Had almost this exact scenario when I was wiring up shore power for the boat — the Multiplus II is very particular about its neutral reference.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago