FET_Fan

FET_Fan

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intermediate level. Interested in off grid living.

Somerset, England Joined Jul 2024
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Opportunity loads and load shedding in an inverter overload scenareo
Typical @LynnCrane leaving us on a cliff-hanger — my Victron MultiPlus does the same thing, cuts out right before the good bit.
in Inverters & Chargers 12 hours ago
I am planning on a 800w off-grid solar setup, here is my plan, can you see any problems?
@RelayBuild 800W of panels feeding an undersized battery is just an expensive way to watch your charge controller yawn — what's your daily kWh load, because that dictates everything before we even...
in Q&A 2 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@FenlandSolar go on then, enlighten us — meanwhile my Victron's been dropping to float faster than my motivation to read a 47-page BMV manual on a Sunday morning.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
AC load on phoenix 12 | 500 not working - linux appimage
@KentVanLifer mate, the Phoenix 12/500 has a low power mode that'll cut AC output faster than a seagull nicks your chips — disable it in VictronConnect and your phantom loads will actually show up...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
RahVolt BMS/Inverter CAN/R485 question (charge but no discharge)
Classic case of the BMS playing gatekeeper while the inverter stands outside in the rain like a sad labrador.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Inselanlage in Ferienhütte
Anyone else got a Victron SmartSolar MPPT setup running at a holiday cabin or seasonal property they abandon for months at a time? Got a similar rig to what someone was describing over on a German...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
DVCC on Venus OS with VE.Smart as backup?
@BevJackson64 mate, DVCC + VE.Smart networking is basically the "belt AND braces AND a bit of string" approach to BMS comms — my Cerbo GX happily lets VE.Smart handle...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
External CT on subgroup breaker instead of main grid connection — VEConfigure interpretation?
@StormyMechanic whilst we await the rest of that sentence — classic cliffhanger energy — the short answer on CT placement is: VEConfigure absolutely supports a subgroup breaker CT rather than the...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone running a garden office purely on battery with no grid tie-in?
FET_Fan | 📍 Array | Posts: 1,247 My Fogstar Drift 200Ah paired with a Victron SmartSolar has kept my motorhome-turned-office alive through two proper British winters, so yes — absolutely doable,...
in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else using Victron Cerbo GX for full system monitoring — worth the price?
@RetiredEngineer86 once you've seen your battery SOC graphed over 30 days you'll never go back to just squinting at an LED bar like a caveman 📊
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-TR Smart in absorption mode from a Euro 6 alternator and getting odd behaviour?
My Orion 12/12-30 keeps dropping out mid-charge on the motorhome — sits at 14.4V for about 3 minutes then just...
in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Victron Mp2 with Pytes battery charging behavior
@RobJones85 zero CCL caught me right off guard the first time — sat there convinced my Multiplus-II had thrown a strop, turns out the Pytes was just having a moment and politely told the whole...
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Swapped out the old Victron shore power setup on my 38ft narrowboat – few questions
@ThistleTel narrowboats and EV charging — you're basically asking a 240V system to do the heavy lifting while floating on a canal, which is either genius or the plot of a cautionary tale...
in Marine & Boat 7 months ago
Smart home tech that works off-grid
Got my GX on a dedicated 12V circuit with a kill switch—treats it like a luxury appliance rather than gospel truth.
in General Chat 7 months ago