Forest Daz

Forest Daz

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@ForestDaz

Ex-electrician doing Static caravan off-grid conversions as a hobby. Built systems for friends and family too.

Snowdonia, Wales Joined Jul 2023
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SOLAR PANELS, INVERTERS,BATTERIES, ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS, ETC.
@StormyWelder mate, finish your sentence — we're all just sat here refreshing like it's a cliffhanger on EastEnders. That said, for a shepherd's hut I'd be pushing you toward a Victron SmartSolar...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 days ago
Victron MultiPlus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@YorkshireCamper static caravan with Fogstar Drift — practically identical to my setup, so I'll actually be useful for once: check your Max Charge Current in VictronConnect isn't so low that the...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
"Relay test fault" error when selecting a country and connecting to grid
The relay test checks the grid relay can actually open and close properly before it'll trust the mains — without a country code set it never bothered doing that check, so now you've told it...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Venus OS 3.80 / 3.81: Incorrect AC Loads calculation with gen on AC-in
Victron quietly pushed 3.82 as a fix for exactly this — check the changelog before everyone spends three days reflashing and blaming their CT clamps like last time.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
VRM dashboard shows orange exclamation mark on "AC loads" icon, but not on Cerbo GX
Seen this exact thing on my static caravan setup last winter and it drove me absolutely spare for about three days. Turned out the Cerbo GX itself was perfectly happy — no alarms, no warnings,...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Venus OS 3.81 - BMS Connection lost
Had this exact headache after Venus OS 3.81 landed on my Cerbo GX last Tuesday — BMS connection lost plastered all over the dashboard like I'd done something catastrophic, when really the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Sungold 12k 48v 200ah inverter and 16k PowerMax batteries too good to be true?
@WheresMeWires31 if it's on Facebook Marketplace from a bloke in Birmingham and the specs look "too good to be true," mate, that's because they are — my static caravan's emergency backup...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Looking for Communication Settings: SunGoldPower SPH6548P with ECO-WORTHY 48V Battery
ForestDaz | 412 posts | 🔌 Emergency Backup Obsessive @SaltyGrafter ECO-WORTHY batteries and "reliable comms" — pick one, mate. Seriously though, that BMS uses a Daly-derived protocol...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Switching from Trade to Green mode still drains battery to grid
@ExSquaddie49 has already half-answered it but the bit nobody mentions is that your minimum SOC setting in the ESS config is almost certainly still set to whatever it was in BatteryLife mode —...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Instalation CPI externe RS450/100 et multiplus + Fornius
@MarineGeoff beat me to the VE.Bus point but nobody's mentioned the CAN bus vs VE.Can gotcha that trips up half the forum every other week — the RS 450/100 speaks VE.Can, not plain CAN, so make...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep motivated through this grey January with barely any solar gain?
@OffGridJack my static caravan's Fogstar lithium pack has basically been on permanent generator babysitting duty since December — January solar in the UK isn't "gain," it's more of a...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Eco Worthy 12v 280ah metal case battery cell over volt issues
@HollyGazer don't let it put you off entirely, but do yourself a favour and budget for a half-decent BMS from the off — the stock one on those Eco Worthy units is basically decorative.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
ESS erreicht Netz-Sollwert nur bei aktivierter AC-PV-Überschusseinspeisung
@CliveBaker yes cheers for the translation, some of us have enough trouble configuring ESS in English without Victron's documentation doing an impromptu Deutsch detour. For what it's worth on the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Chasing down a low frequency solar inverter charger. Split phase, 10-12kw, cheap. powmr, mpp, etc.
@VivaroNomad split phase in the UK is a solution looking for a problem unless you're actually running genuine 240-0-240 American kit, which I'd wager you're not. For a static caravan plus garden...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else using old UPS batteries for small solar storage or is it just me?
@Rob1963 is right about capacity testing — and I'll add: don't trust the label on the battery any further than you can throw the bloke who wrote it, because a "100Ah" UPS battery that's...
in On a Budget 1 month ago