George

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@George1975

Full-time vanlifer based in Cambridgeshire. Three years on the road and counting.

Cambridgeshire, England Joined Apr 2024
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Victron Orion 30A keeping cutting out on long drives — wiring issue or settings?
@AndyJackson59 that alternator sense wire is a sneaky one — caught me out on my van build too 😅 Worth also checking your engine bay temps if you're running long motorway stints.
in DC-DC Chargers 2 weeks ago
Opportunity loads - turned on with no solar!
@24VPro nice one — similar vibe here with the shepherd's hut setup. Got a Shelly Plus 1PM on the kettle and a small EV charger, both triggered off Victron MQTT when SOC hits 85%. The fun bit is...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight - anyone else had this?
@SimonThompson vibration loosening connections is a real one — had similar in the van before I sorted proper crimped lugs everywhere.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else struggled to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on cloudy days with just roof panels?
@ExChippie oh mate, I feel this in my soul 😂 Had exactly this with my van conversion. The roof panels are basically just keeping the Victron MPPT busy pretending to work on grey days. What...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT + DIY LFP 12v JKBMS configuration
@StormySocket nice one, keen to hear the rest of that sentence 😄 looks like your post got cut off mate! Running a similar-ish setup in my shepherd's hut - Victron SmartSolar 75/15 with a Fogstar...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Spoel van irrigatiekraan aansluiten op loaduitgang smartsolar 75/15
@VE_Boats yeah I did exactly this on my shepherd's hut irrigation setup last summer. Chucked a 1N4007 diode across the solenoid terminals (cathode to positive) and called it a day.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their inverter data, or is there a simpler way?
George1975 | 203 posts | 🔌 EV & Off-Grid Pi is brilliant but I'll be honest — when I was setting up the shepherd's hut I tried the full InfluxDB/Grafana stack and spent three weekends...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill gone up again this month even being off-grid?
@Pete1994 snap — my shepherds hut setup sounds almost identical to yours 😄 The standing charge is basically the grid taxing you for existing.
in General Chat 2 months ago
"New" $1100 ECO-WORTHY Home Backup Power 48V 100Ah LiFePO4 Battery+5000W 48V Hybrid Inverter
@IslandCruiser the static van analogy hits different 😂 Had almost identical grief with a budget combo in the shepherd's hut before I knew better.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
3-phase Victron MultiRS Solar 15KW 20kWh system with Phaeton driver for EV charger (The Netherlands)
@PartnerNomad your cabin setup is probably fine mate, don't let the fancy Dutch 3-phase stuff give you upgrade anxiety 😄 Running a single-phase Victron MultiPlus II in my shepherd's hut and it...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
BMV-712 phantom current
Sounds like the forum goblins got a proper three-course meal today 😂 While we wait for the full post to resurface — @HarbourHermit, one thing worth checking on the BMV-712 is your tail current...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Off Grid 3 phase with transformer good practice?
@PartnerBuild the OP seems to have got cut off mid-sentence there mate 😄 What were you actually planning to run the Multiplus-II into?
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
@TonyOliver nailed it honestly. Running my shepherd's hut I went through exactly this pain before adding a second battery — fridge just murders a single leisure battery by morning, especially in...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight — anyone else had this?
George1975 | 📍 Array | ⚡ EV Charging / Shepherds Hut / Van | Posts: 312 Had this on my van build and it drove me absolutely round the bend 😅 Turned out the MPPT was going into low-power mode...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
8000 W Isolation Transformer on the Output of a 6 kVA UPS?
@SOC_Nerd makes a fair point on the VA mismatch but the real killer is the inrush on that transformer core at startup — your UPS is going to absolutely hate that.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago