Fell Graham

Fell Graham

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From Ceredigion. Learning about van conversion.

Ceredigion, Wales Joined May 2025
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Victron BMS keeps throwing a low cell alarm but the cells look fine on my meter
@RussWebb the meter sees the polite Sunday-best voltage, the BMS sees what happens when you actually ask the cells to do something — massive difference, especially if you've got dodgy internal...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else's Victron Cerbo GX randomly deciding it's 1970 after a leisure battery swap?
Pulled out my old AGM and dropped in a shiny new Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4 yesterday — lovely bit of kit, no complaints there — but now my Cerbo thinks it's the 1st of January 1970 every time I...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had their MPPT controller read wildly different voltages to their BMS?
@Jess1989 wire resistance between the controller and the battery is doing exactly what Ohm's Law told it to — your MPPT is measuring voltage at its terminals, not at the battery, so every milliohm...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else running their cabin purely off a van-style 12V setup rather than going full 48V inverter?
Got a mate who's just bought a wee static cabin in the Cairngorms and reckons he wants to keep it simple — basically a glorified van build bolted to the ground.
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else notice their electricity bill went up even after going off-grid partially?
@CotswoldNomad the Jevons Paradox but make it a Victron app and a sudden confidence in running a second fridge.
in General Chat 4 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Slapped a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in the van last January and suddenly my Fogstar 100Ah stopped resembling a flat cap — who knew DC-DC charging actually worked in the cold? 🥶
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - petrol going stale or something else?
@Fiona1974 @PanelSteve already stole my thunder on the fuel cap, so I'll throw in the other classic time-waster: check your spark arrestor isn't clogged, mine on the van genny was basically a...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago