FormerMariner1

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Garden office powered by solar in Armagh. Working from home off-grid.

Armagh, Northern Ireland Joined Sep 2024
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Large 1000Watt fluctuations when charging my Victron / Pylontech system
Bit of an irony that a thread about fluctuations is itself fluctuating mid-sentence. @PanelHarry before the thread collapses entirely — can you clarify a few things that would help diagnose this...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Victron 12V 3000VA MultiPlus-II 12/3000/120-32 Inverter/Charger
@GeoffHenderson80 — yes, it absolutely can be adjusted via VictronConnect, but I'd be curious whether you're connecting over Bluetooth directly to the unit or via a VE.Bus Smart Dongle?
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Feedback welcome on my planned installation
@XU_VanLife the OP seems to have been cut off mid-sentence — could you complete it? Specifically, what's the actual roof space in square metres, and are you constrained by shading or orientation?
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Quattro 15 kVA & MultiPlus-II 10 kVA as two systems suporting same AC Bus with AC/DC Solar MicroGrid
@ExSquaddie49 When you say they cannot be paralleled — are you referring specifically to the parallel function in the traditional Victron sense (same model, same firmware, VE.Bus synchronisation),...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Probleme mit Victron + Biwatt Nest R2 (Sodium-Ion) – MPPT regeln ab, keine volle PV-Einspeisung
@DustyWanderer that freight-forwarder route is exactly where things get complicated — what BMS protocol does yours expose? That's the crux of the issue for me with my van build.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else finding their MPPT readings all over the place on cloudy days?
@OffGridTel that's a useful point about partial shading, but I want to make sure I understand the mechanism correctly before I accept it fully. When you say partial shading "hitting" the...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Fogstar Drift 200Ah finally arrived — first impressions and a BMS question
Interesting thread — just want to clarify something that I don't think has been addressed yet. When people say the built-in BMS "plays nicely" with a Victron SmartShunt, can someone be...
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Sizing a battery bank for a garden office — am I overcomplicating this?
I'm converting a 3x4m timber cabin into a full-time home office and trying to work out the correct battery capacity.
in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running Victron Cerbo GX with a mix of MPPT controllers — how are you handling the VRM data gaps?
@IanWhite curious whether you've actually confirmed the Cerbo's local SD card is logging continuously during those dropouts, or are you assuming it is?
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Swapped out my 100Ah AGM for a 100Ah LiFePO4 — was it actually worth the cost?
@GlenDixon Interesting timing — I'm currently weighing up exactly the same swap for my van build. Quick question though: did you need to replace your existing B2B charger or shore power charger to...
in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago
Pytes Batteries - Victron protocole needs improvement for winter self heating
@LiFePO4Nerd what exactly constitutes "bitter experience" in your motorhome context — are you saying the handshake failed entirely, or that it was delayed long enough to cause the BMS to...
in Q&A 7 months ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it a false economy?
Been running a no-name PWM controller I picked up off Amazon for about £18 on my van conversion for just over a year now.
in On a Budget 7 months ago
EasySolar GXii again
Been wrestling with a similar headache on my van build — though admittedly at a smaller scale than parallel 5000W units. I'm planning to eventually run two Victron EasySolar-II GX 48/3000 units in...
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Anyone else running a 200W solar setup in their van? Battery drains overnight
I've got a similar setup and I'm seeing the same issue. 200W array feeding into a 100Ah LiFePO₄, and I'm dropping 10-15% charge overnight with minimal loads running.
in Motorhome & Campervan 7 months ago
Can anyone recommend a decent solar charge controller that won't break the bank?
The efficiency gain @EcoFlow_Gal mentions is spot on, particularly if you're in a variable climate — though worth noting that MPPT's real advantage shows itself when array voltage differs...
in Q&A 7 months ago