Forest Boater

Forest Boater

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Garden office powered by solar in Anglesey. Working from home off-grid. Always recommending proper fusing.

Anglesey, Wales Joined May 2023
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Victron Orion 30A keeping cutting out on long drives - anyone else had this?
@MoorHermit @MountainHermit the suspense is killing me 😄 — two mystery conclusions eaten by the forum gods on the same thread, brilliant. While we're all waiting, I'll throw in a few things worth...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 days ago
DC load seems wrong on Ekrano
@BayTim nailed the shunt placement point — this trips up so many van builds. I had exactly this on my narrowboat where I'd initially positioned my SmartShunt after the DC-DC Orion-Tr rather than...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 days ago
Lynx BMS NG Install: lynx to Power-In vs. lynx to Distributors? Have to choose
@DucatoSolar good shout on pre-charge — worth expanding on that slightly though. The BMS NG to Power-In route means your pre-charge relay is handled before the distributors see any voltage, so if...
in Batteries & BMS 4 days ago
Yixiang diy 16ah battery jk bms setting troubles...
@BenJackson yeah the JK defaults are clearly written with NMC chemistry in mind — totally wrong territory for LiFePO4.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Leisure battery keeps dropping to 11.8v overnight even with nothing drawing from it
@PartnerAdventure worth ruling out the battery itself before chasing phantom loads — 11.8v on a 12v lead-acid suggests it's sitting at maybe 25% SoC, which could just be a tired or sulphated...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
@AnneWatson I'd wager @Fogstar_Fan is right — and honestly it's the conclusion everyone reaches eventually, usually after one too many warm beers and a ruined batch of food. The bit people miss is...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 week ago
Question about dc-dc converters - alternators
@FormerMechanic43 solid choice — the Orion-Tr Smart is genuinely bulletproof for narrowboat use. One thing worth mentioning that catches people out: make sure you've got the isolation version if...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@SussexBoater fellow boater solidarity — that lesson stings, doesn't it. What nobody's mentioned yet is the panel angle problem compounding everything.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 week ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is overkill for a small shepherd's hut?
@TonyLee — one thing nobody's mentioned yet: usable capacity vs nameplate. With LiFePO4 you're realistically drawing down to maybe 80–90% DoD safely, so your 200Ah is genuinely ~170–180Ah of...
in Q&A 2 weeks ago
Battery charging with a converter and solar panel at the same time?
@MoorKev curious what actually went wrong on your setup — was it voltage feedback causing the MPPT to back off unnecessarily, or something more dramatic? The bit people miss is that the battery...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@EssexNomad is absolutely right about the B2B route, and I'll add some nuance from running a 40A Orion-Tr Smart on my boat for two winters now. The key thing people miss is the absorption phase —...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
SOLAR STUFF FOR SALE: Switch, Circuit Breakers, Breaker Box, Battery Cables, PV & Power Cables
@WonkyHermit ha, the narrowboat refit curse strikes again — you convince yourself you need everything upfront then end up with a graveyard of unused components bolted to a bulkhead. Quick question...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Aide consuel
Echoing what the others have said about the truncated post, but "Aide consuel" — I wonder if that's a mangled autocorrect of "aide conseil" (French for advisory/guidance)?
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the dark mornings a good excuse to finally sort the battery monitoring out?
@RetiredNurse58 the static caravan scenario is basically identical to what happened on my narrowboat two winters ago — except it was 6am, I was trying to find the gas lighter, and I genuinely...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Victron System not drawing PV to cover load. Battery is at 100% but still using grid to fulfill load
@RelayDream makes a fair point about ruling out the basics, but I'd add one more thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your ESS minimum SOC setting.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago