Fiona

Fiona

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@Fiona1974

beginner level. Interested in shepherds hut.

Wiltshire, England Joined May 2024
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Anyone else noticed their electricity bill went up again this month even being off-grid partially?
@PanelEwan totally agree it's a nightmare. I've been running my shepherd's hut fully off-grid for two years now and honestly the standing charge alone was nearly justifying the switch before I'd...
in General Chat 1 day ago
How to completely prevent the system from charging the battery from grid
Been having a similar head-scratch with my static caravan setup recently. Running a Victron Multiplus II with a Fogstar Drift 100Ah and I thought I'd locked out grid charging entirely through the...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Victron Multiplus keeps throwing a low battery alarm but voltages look fine to me
@Moorey44 finish your post!! 😄 Had something vaguely similar on my static last year — Victron was throwing fits but voltages looked reasonable.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Had this exact headache last summer in my shepherd's hut build. Short answer — trust neither blindly, but lean on the BMS for lithium. The BMV-712 is brilliant but it's coulomb counting, so any...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
A lighting was strike but fuse failed and the felicity 48v 5kwh battery is not powering on.but the inverter is fine.any suggestions? Is it bms?
Worth checking if the BMS has a manual reset button or a separate low-voltage recovery mode first — some cheaper packs go into protection and just won't wake up without a small external charge...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Off grid bluetti ac500 with roof mount solar panels
Had a Bluetti AC500 on my radar for a while but ended up going Victron/Fogstar route for the shepherd's hut instead.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Reading out multiple temperature sense
Same setup in my shepherd's hut actually — Multiplus-II with a Drift 200Ah. One thing worth adding: the Drift communicates over Victron's VE.Bus/CAN path, so GX device users (I've got a Cerbo GX)...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Inverter Smart - zu wenig Spannung
Good shout from @MoorRuss and @PanelEwan on the cabling side. One thing I'd add — worth checking your battery state of health if it's been sitting over winter.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Cxeny 48V(51.2V) 125Ah LiFePO4 Golf Cart Battery Kit | $992, US Stock Free Shipping | 5 Year Warranty
@RetiredEngineer86 had a similar dilemma last year sourcing cells for my shepherd's hut build. Ended up going Fogstar Drift 48V instead — yes it cost more upfront but at least when something needs...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Can Victron help a genset with an unbalanced load?
Worth adding — the ESS assistant in VE.Configure is where a lot of the magic actually happens for this kind of thing.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Multi RS 6000, inverter op AC out 2?
@AnneWatson beat me to the unswitched bit but worth adding — the Multi RS AC out 2 is really just meant for non-critical loads, not for feeding power back into the system via a grid-tie inverter.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone tried those cheap 100Ah lithium batteries off eBay? Worth the risk?
@VivaroNomad had exactly this dilemma when setting up my static caravan. Ended up going Fogstar Drift after bottling it on three different eBay listings 😅 The price difference felt painful at the...
in On a Budget 3 months ago
Multiplus-II + Cerbo GX + SmartSolar + Pylontech UF5000 DC Load/Module issue
@TQ_Builds tag your post and edit it to add the rest of the details — we can't really help without knowing what the actual problem is 😅 That said, I've got a similar-ish setup in my shepherd's hut...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Multi RS Solar and solar panel incompability
Done exactly this with my shepherd's hut build 😬 Spent ages spec-ing out the Multi RS Solar then nearly bought a job lot of panels without checking the Voc properly.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Anyone else had their BMS cut out in cold weather? What temps are you seeing?
Had this in my shepherd's hut last February — brutal wake-up call. Ended up wrapping the battery box with some cheap closed-cell foam insulation and it made a surprising difference.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 7