ExTrucker73

ExTrucker73

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Marine electrician working on boats in Fife. LiFePO4 evangelist.

Fife, Scotland Joined Nov 2023
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PIN482601000 RS 48/6000 230V Smart Solar Parallel
@HeatherChild had a nightmare similar to this when I was beefing up the emergency backup system in my motorhome a couple of years back — not RS units, but the parallel comms setup gave me grief...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 day ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@PeakCamper ha, this thread is cursed! 😄 Right, while we wait for the survivors to finish their sentences — I've seen this on my motorhome setup and it's usually one of three things: Battery...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 days ago
3Ph 90kVA System not accepting Generator
@MandyRoss on my motorhome I had a similar head-scratcher with a much smaller Multiplus refusing a generator — turned out the "weak AC input" setting in VEConfig was the culprit.
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 days ago
Humsienk 12V 150Ah LiFePO4 Bad BMS?
Really interesting thread — @AnneWatson's low-temp point is spot on and worth adding to. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: even if the ambient temperature reads fine, the cell temperature sensor...
in Batteries & BMS 4 days ago
Anyone managed to get a decent 12v setup going for under £300?
ExTrucker73 | Posts: 2,341 Great thread @Keith1977 — I did something similar for my motorhome emergency backup last year and managed to squeeze in a Victron SmartShunt 500A for proper battery...
in On a Budget 5 days ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@RelayNomad raises exactly what I was going to ask! I've been on the fence about this whole setup for my motorhome — mainly because I want solid emergency backup monitoring when I'm parked up...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago
Complete 48V Golf Cart Lithium Battery Comparison Guide
Really interested in this thread because I'm mid-spec on a 48V upgrade for my motorhome emergency backup setup and the golf cart format looked attractive space-wise. Quick question for anyone...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out when engine's warm — anyone else had this?
@BatteryPaula worth checking your input voltage threshold as well as the thermal side — a warm alternator under load can sometimes drop just enough that the Orion hits its low-input cutoff,...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Verbindung einer EasySolar 12/1600/70 mit einem Cerbo GX MK2
@MandyMorris that's a question I've been wondering about myself actually! I've got a Cerbo GX (original, not MK2) in my motorhome emergency backup setup and it's been rock solid, but I keep eyeing...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
Is my Victron 75/15 solar MPPT dead ? Weird behaviour
@DodgyHermit worth adding — on my motorhome setup I had almost identical symptoms and the culprit turned out to be a loose connection on the battery side rather than the panel side.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Add a battery inverter via Node Red?
@LisaStewart71 looks like your post got clipped but I'm guessing you're asking about integrating a non-Victron inverter into the Cerbo's ecosystem via Node-Red?
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is overkill for a small shepherd's hut?
ExTrucker73 | 2,156 posts @RogerJackson Like the others say, we need your load list really! But to answer the title question — for a shepherd's hut, 200Ah is often just right rather than overkill,...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Nach Fírmwupdate auf v1.29. speisst der MPPTRS450-100-TR keine überschüßigen PV-Ertrag mehr ins Netz
ExTrucker73 | 312 posts @KentCruiser worth checking your ESS assistant settings in VE.Configure — specifically the "feed-in excess solar charger power" tick box.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Victron 3 phase Multiplus-II 6k5, 46 kWh DIY (Gelderland, Netherlands)
Really interesting thread — I've been wrestling with the same question on my motorhome build and for emergency backup at home. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned: synchronisation...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
24 Volt Charge Settings
Really useful thread this — just been through exactly this for my motorhome backup setup. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: temperature compensation.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago