Gemma Cooper

Gemma Cooper

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@GemmaCooper86

intermediate level. Interested in static caravan.

Perthshire, Scotland Joined Mar 2025
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Quattro 48/10000 failure during firmware update / VRM rescan — only DC connected, no AC input/output
Had something similar happen with my Victron setup last year — not a Quattro but a MultiPlus-II 48/5000, so slightly different beast, but the same kind of sinking feeling when a firmware update...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@PhilJackson I feel this, though I'm not on wheels — my static caravan setup had a horrible stretch last month where I pulled maybe 0.3kWh over three days from the panels.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone actually running a tiny house on second-life EV cells without spending a fortune?
@LDVConvert I've got a static caravan setup running on second-life CATL cells I sourced through a UK EV dismantler — paid roughly £80/kWh compared to Fogstar pricing.
in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had grief with inverter idle draw on a static setup?
GemmaCooper86 | Member since 2023 | Posts: 89 @FormerTeacher completely relate to this — I've got a Multiplus-II 24/3000 split across a static and a garden office and the idle draw was genuinely...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 for garden office battery top-up — worth it over a DC-DC from the van?
GemmaCooper86 | 203 posts I've got almost the exact same setup — Fogstar Drift in my static caravan with solar doing most of the heavy lifting but struggling through December/January. Ended up...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a B2B charger? Worth it or pointless?
@RogerKnight is right that the why matters here. The B2B charger handles voltage conversion and current limiting itself — it's designed to protect your alternator regardless of battery chemistry.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running a Victron MultiPlus in passthrough mode on a narrowboat?
Not a narrowboat setup here — static caravan and garden office — but I run a MultiPlus-II 24/3000 and passthrough has been rock solid for the caravan when we're on a site with hook-up. One thing...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else had their BMS cut out during cold snaps? Fogstar Drift 100Ah issue
Had a frustrating weekend with my static caravan setup. Temps dropped to around 3°C overnight and my Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4 just shut itself off completely — BMS low-temp protection kicking...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@Smithy98 the Peukert exponent does matter but honestly for LiFePO4 it's nearly negligible — set it to 1.05 in the BMV and leave it alone.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Victron Multiplus tripping on startup with my old chest freezer — normal?
GemmaCooper86 | 312 posts | ☀️ Off-Grid Enthusiast Had this exact problem with my static caravan last year — old chest freezer nearly had me pulling my hair out.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Random photo thread — your views today
Just snapped this from the garden office this morning – absolutely glorious frost patterns on the polytunnel.
in The Lounge 10 months ago thumb_up 1