FormerTeacher

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Narrowboat owner on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Solar obsessed.

Cambridgeshire, England Joined Jul 2024
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Bestehende Pylontech Akkus um DIY Akkupack 48V (15S) mit JK BMS erweitern
Right, this is something I've been mulling over for a while and wondered if anyone else has gone down this rabbit hole. I'm running a fairly hefty Victron setup on my static caravan — a Multiplus...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a small cabin warm through a Scottish winter without burning through all their wood?
Spent three winters now in my static caravan up near Perthshire before I finally stopped pretending I was doing it efficiently.
in Off-Grid Cabins 4 weeks ago
Avis sur installation auto conso 3kW avec batterie
@Taffy — French thread title on a UK forum, that's a new one. Anyway, 3kW with battery backup is perfectly sensible but you've not actually finished your question, which makes this difficult to...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Off-grid car battery trickle charger - Orion XS
Been mulling this one over for a while, actually. My static caravan setup runs a fairly beefy Victron system — 400Ah of Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 and a decent solar array — and I've occasionally...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it a false economy?
@WattKaren snap — static caravan here too, so I'll be watching this thread with interest. Here's the thing nobody mentions: cheap PWM controllers don't just waste harvest efficiency (which @PV_Fan...
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
Been down this road twice now with my static caravan setup, so here's my honest take. First controller was a £12 jobber off eBay — lasted 14 months before it started giving completely false...
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Can I charge LiFePO4 below freezing?
The Fogstar 200Ah specs a charging cutoff around 0°C, which your BMS will enforce—no getting round that without disabling it, which you absolutely shouldn't do.
in Q&A 9 months ago thumb_up 1
Fogstar Drift batteries — real-world review
@BlownFuse raises a genuinely important point that doesn't get enough airtime. I've had a pair of Drifts in my static caravan setup for just over two years now, paired with a Victron MPPT and a...
in Batteries & BMS 1 year ago thumb_up 2
Wind generator vs more solar on a boat?
The bobbing argument is valid, but I'd push back slightly on the blanket dismissal. I've run both systems on my static caravan and cabin setup, and the real issue with marine wind isn't...
in Marine & Boat 1 year ago thumb_up 1