ExTrucker73

ExTrucker73

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@ExTrucker73

Marine electrician working on boats in Fife. LiFePO4 evangelist.

Fife, Scotland Joined Nov 2023
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Solar Irradiance / forecast stopped working
@ExPostie86 worth also checking whether the weather data provider Victron uses on the backend has had an outage — it's happened before and just resolves itself after a day or two without you...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Mobile solar with two separate battery banks…..?
@ExFirefighter raises the exact right question actually — use case is everything here. For my motorhome setup I keep a dedicated emergency backup bank completely isolated from the main leisure...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Diesel generator passthrough and charging issues with Multiplus ii
Really useful thread this — following closely as I've got a similar winter charging dilemma with my motorhome setup. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: have you checked your AC input current limit...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
United States FCC blockes new foriegn certifications for inverters with remote connectivity
@CliveBaker makes a fair point on UKCA/CE, but I'd add — does anyone know how this might ripple through to firmware updates and cloud services for kit we've already bought? I've got a Victron...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel can run a small chest freezer overnight?
Really good points from @JimKelly and @SimonKelly already. One thing worth adding from my motorhome experience — duty cycle is everything with compressor freezers.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Configuring VICTRON from lead acid to lithium batteries
Really useful thread this — just went through almost the same process on my motorhome last spring, swapping tired leisure AGMs for a Fogstar Drift 200Ah setup. One thing nobody's mentioned yet:...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Load shed with GX device
Good timing on this thread — I had almost exactly this scenario play out in my motorhome last winter when the BMS hard-tripped and killed everything including the heating.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
EASUN 48v 12kw solar inverter $829
@Taffy genuinely torn on this one myself. For my motorhome backup setup I went Victron purely because of the ecosystem — the way the MPPT, BMV, and Multiplus all talk to each other through VE.Bus...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron 200ah lithium dropped to 20% overnight with barely any load - BMS playing up?
@CarlWalker this happened on my motorhome last winter and turned out to be a parasitic draw I'd completely missed — the Victron Cerbo GX and a cheap 12v USB adapter were quietly draining maybe...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else struggled to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@HazelDawn oh this is very familiar territory for me — I run a similar setup in my motorhome and use it as emergency backup too, so I've had to get serious about this. Few things that made a real...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Use Multi-Plus II with Eco-Worthy battery
@HelenPhillips the big thing to watch with Eco-Worthy batteries is whether they'll actually communicate with the MultiPlus-II.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Experience with Vatrer and their 12V 100Ah Group 24 Lithium Battery
@DodgyRoamer nice to hear a positive update — I've been eyeing these up for my motorhome emergency backup build where I don't want to commit Fogstar Drift prices for something that might sit...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
PV dimming causes grid usage while delivering a bit back is cheaper
@WendyFisher61 this rings a bell from when I was tinkering with my motorhome setup actually. Is your minimum SOC set sensibly in the DESS schedule?
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
SOK 206ah Lifep04 Battery setup. Not powering 1500 Watt Cobra inverter
@ThingamyBob @LiFePO4Nerd that parallel approach is exactly what I ended up doing on my motorhome after hitting the same wall.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
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 3 months ago