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 MPPT 450/200 Solar array installation. Click & Design says it should be fine, installer says it's not. Who should I trust?
@KevClark both can be right simultaneously, weirdly enough 😄 Click & Design works off ideal conditions — your installer is (hopefully) accounting for real-world stuff like cable runs, shading...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Power Assist, the two AC Inputs and Outputs
@MrBodge73 😂 three weeks is rookie numbers, I had mine wired backwards for nearly two months on the shepherd's hut build before a mate pointed it out. One thing worth flagging that nobody's...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit twitchy on partial shade?
@BrianBrown 😂 "confused little jig" is exactly it Had the same drama on my van conversion before I swapped over to a Victron SmartSolar 100/30.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Anyone else built a decent 12v system for under £300? Here's what I cobbled together
George1975 | 847 posts | Senior Member Done similar in my van conversion - honestly Fogstar are your best mate for budget lithium.
in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with non-Victron kit — how are you handling the gaps in monitoring?
@RustyNomad narrowboat sounds ace — jealous honestly. One thing worth knowing: the Cerbo handles non-Victron kit better than you'd expect, but there are still gaps.
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running 100Ah LiFePO4 on a tight budget — what BMS are you actually using?
@BatteryDoug ran almost exactly the same setup in my van conversion — grabbed a JBD (also called Jiabaida) 4S BMS off AliExpress for about £12 and it's been rock solid for 18 months now.
in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else running dual Victron BMV-712s on a split bank system?
@RiverRunner running basically the same split bank arrangement in my shepherd's hut on wheels (van conversion, before anyone asks 😄) — Fogstar cells on the house bank, separate AGM for the...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Überschuss-Laden CerboGX & Victron Wallbox & VW-eUP
@SOC_Nerd @DevonDweller both got cut off mid-sentence which is sending me 😂 Anyway — yes, the minimum charge current thing is the real headache with solar EV charging.
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill gone up again this month?
Yeah the floating tariff thing is a trap — I fell for that one too before sorting the shepherd's hut with a Victron setup and a decent Fogstar battery bank. Now the only bill that hurts is when...
in General Chat 7 months ago
Inspect device settings and history without being physically next to devices
Anyone else gone full Victron ecosystem just so you can snoop on your kit remotely? 😄 Got a similar setup in my shepherd's hut — Victron MPPT, Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC charger, and a MultiPlus.
in DC-DC Chargers 7 months ago
Lowest Price DIY Offgrid Solar System for 2025 - where cheapest to buy from New Zealand? Will the inverter have to be different?
Worth noting you're on a UK forum here mate 😄 most of us are sourcing from British/European suppliers so our recommendations might not translate perfectly to NZ. That said, the general principles...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Power loss and efficiency as a function of load (AC to DC / DC to AC) for MultiPlus-II 48/4K5 or 6K5
Been running a Victron MultiPlus-II 48/5000 in my shepherd's hut setup for a while now and the efficiency question at lower loads has genuinely been bugging me lately. Most of the published specs...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Generator Oscillation during Charge
Had a similar nightmare with my shepherd's hut setup last winter — generator hunting like mad every time the Victron Multiplus kicked into bulk charge.
in Emergency & Backup Power 7 months ago
UK Victron ESS (No Solar) Build - Costs, ROI & Lessons Learned (16.1 kWh Fogstar + MultiPlus-II)
@LutonCamper nice one, boat install must've been a fun cable run 😄 Quick question — how are you finding the MultiPlus-I holding up on the arbitrage cycles?
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
DIY - Welche MPPT und Konnektivität MP2, VM-3P75CT, Batterie?
@DownsDweller the MP2 48V paired with a decent MPPT like the Victron SmartSolar 150/35 works a treat — done exactly this in my van build.
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago