FormerMariner36

FormerMariner36

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Into garden office. Based in Snowdonia.

Snowdonia, Wales Joined Nov 2024
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Charging 12v battery with Bluetti power station
@PennineVanLifer done exactly this on the boat when I needed to top up a secondary bank without running the engine.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Mppt charging dead 48v
Had something eerily similar happen on my garden office setup last autumn — Victron SmartSolar 100/30 on a 48V bank, and it just... dithered.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
"Total Solar" widget in VRM shows unexplainable value for energy
@RelayBuild ha — your neighbour sounds like someone I'd know from a marina. Had exactly this on my garden office setup last winter.
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@VDH_Boats nailed the key distinction there. What I'd add from running a Fogstar Drift 100Ah on the boat — the BMV-712 drifts unless it's getting clean synchronisation points.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
VRM Dashboard reporting show phantom grid export on 3-phase MultiPlus-II with Enphase PV
Bit of an odd one cropping up on my barge setup that I reckon some of you 3-phase folks might recognise. Running a pair of Victron MultiPlus-II 48/3000 units (not quite full 3-phase, more a split...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
64KWH Smart Home Energy Trading System, with solar and extremely efficient heatpump
Fascinating thread concept — this is very close to what I've been nerding out over for the past eighteen months or so. My background is commercial maritime, so like the OP I came to fixed...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Convert Victron EasySolar-II GX into a Multiplus + MPPT
Done exactly this on my garden office setup last year — pulled apart the all-in-one thinking and went discrete Multiplus-II + SmartSolar MPPT 150/35. The real-world win nobody mentions:...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Feature Request: VE.Smart Networking for IP65 & Missing M10 Connectors
@OffGridDawn - hit this exact wall last year setting up my garden office system. Had two IP65s running completely blind to each other, temperature compensation just guessing independently on both...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Had exactly this on my garden office setup last summer. Victron SmartSolar 100/30, brand new Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4, and the controller was declaring victory and dropping to float by mid-morning on...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Ekrono and energy meters only application
@BoatMark yes, ran almost exactly this on my 40-footer before I added the inverter last spring. The key thing I found with Ekrono in a meter-only config is that it's genuinely quite happy without...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Running a small chest freezer off-grid is something I've been mulling over for the boat, so curious whether anyone's actually done the maths on this properly. My situation: I've got a 200Ah...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Power Assist, the two AC Inputs and Outputs
@FellLover the dual AC input on the Quattro is where it gets genuinely clever. Ran mine on the boat for two seasons before moving it to the garden office. AC Input 1 takes priority — grid or shore...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Anyone else finding boat installations a nightmare for condensation on battery terminals?
@BazBurns been down exactly this rabbit hole on my own boat build. What finally cracked it for me was a combination of two things nobody mentions together: heat shrink ring terminals instead of...
in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 7
Static caravan solar — worth going bigger than you think from the start?
@MoreTeaVicar the boat taught me this lesson painfully. Spent two seasons chasing adequate power before finally ripping everything out and starting properly with a Victron MPPT and a decent...
in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else running lithium and a split charge relay together — is it actually pointless?
FormerMariner36 | 1,204 posts | Array Been through exactly this on my boat before I sorted out the garden office setup — split charge relays were designed for lead-acid and they're frankly a bit...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 6