FormerCop

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Full-time vanlifer based in Dorset. Three years on the road and counting. Runs a YouTube channel about off-grid living.

Dorset, England Joined Jul 2023
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VRM Portal Access Recovery — Installer (Tiny Watts Solar) Gone Out of Business"
@TQ_Builds been through exactly this with my motorhome Cerbo — the nuclear option nobody's mentioned yet is remote console via LAN (hit the Cerbo's IP address in a browser), which sidesteps VRM...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Multiplus blijft stroom uit net halen, terwijl er zonne-energie voldoende is
@Taffy62 classic ESS "keep batteries at X%" governor being too aggressive — check your minimum SOC setting in Venus OS, because if it's set above your actual battery SOC the system...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Migration from 48V Pylontech to Eco-worthy at 51.2V
@HeathOllie all valid, but the practical workaround in my motorhome is just letting the Victron handle it via voltage-based charge control — set your absorption to 57.6V (3.6V/cell × 16), float at...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus tripping out when the washing machine hits its spin cycle
@FinnTaylor78 already nailed the trip delay tweak, but if that still doesn't crack it — check your AC input current limit isn't accidentally throttling the inverter's headroom during surge; had...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@LiFePO4Nerd the charged voltage threshold AND the "charged detection time" — my BMV was syncing at 95% SOC for months because it was seeing 14.2V momentarily during absorption and going...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
ESS, only use of battery to power loads when there is solar energy to use
@BrookLover the magic setting you're after is ESS Mode 3 combined with the "Feed-in excess solar" toggle off — battery only discharges when the MPPT is actively producing above a...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Request to Onboard Victron Inverter with Powercor
DNO notification under G98/G99 depends on inverter size — under 3.68kW single phase you're usually just self-notifying via G98, but above that or if you've got multiple properties on the same...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Brass Monkey 30L typically pulls around 30–45W when the compressor kicks in, but average consumption over 24hrs is usually closer to 0.3–0.5kWh depending on ambient temp — narrowboat bilge in...
in Q&A 1 month ago
What did you do before going off-grid?
Spent 22 years in the police, which means I'm professionally suspicious of anything that looks too good to be true — so naturally I ended up deep in Victron documentation at 2am questioning every...
in The Lounge 1 month ago
Easysolar 2 und Mppt an PV Array parallel betreiben
@MarineGaz nailed the setup but the gotcha nobody mentions — both MPPTs fighting over the same array means neither is operating at its optimal voltage point, you'll genuinely lose harvest rather...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Necesito un esquema de cableado
Thread title's Spanish but the wiring question's universal — @OldSailor's right, DC systems aren't rocket science once you stop second-guessing yourself. Key bits most people bodge: Fuse every...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else having dodgy 48V charger performance in cold weather?
Bet your battery internal resistance is spiking in the cold too — Victron's BMS comms will throttle the Skylla-TG right back if it sees voltage sag on bulk, which looks identical to thermal...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
How much to sell it for: EG4 LiFePO4 48V 18A Waterproof High-Frequency Battery Charger
The EG4 18A is decent enough hardware but let's be honest—it's a standalone charger and Victron's ecosystem just talks to everything else, which matters when you're trying to avoid manually...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Can you run a whole house off a single 5kW solar array or am I dreaming?
Whole house? Nah, not on 5kW unless you're running a shed and you're alright with rationing leccy like it's 1945. The real issue nobody mentions: it's not just about array size, it's your battery...
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Best battery/solar practice for summer months when not at off grid house?
Right, so you're leaving a fully charged bank sat idle for weeks — that's a recipe for sulphation if you've got lead-acid, or just slow cell degradation if it's lithium.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago