Gill Gibson

Gill Gibson

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Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log Victron MPPT data via VE.Direct?
GillGibson | 312 posts | 🔋 Off-Grid Convert @RogerKnight Great project! One thing worth mentioning that I don't see come up often — make sure you're using a proper USB to VE.Direct cable rather...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 days ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a non-Victron inverter — how are you handling monitoring?
I've recently finished a van build with a Cerbo GX at the heart of it — 200Ah of lithium, two 200W panels, and a Victron MPPT 100/30.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else running Victron Cerbo GX on a narrowboat — what's your MPPT comms setup?
Great setup @ExTrucker! One thing worth doing once you've got the Cerbo settled in — set up a VRM portal account if you haven't already.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 weeks ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else had grief with a Victron Multiplus 2 dropping to float too early on a partly cloudy day?
Great thread, this catches a lot of people out. One thing worth checking in VictronConnect is your tail current setting - if it's set too high relative to your battery capacity, any momentary...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Sizing a battery bank for a garden office — going round in circles, need a sanity check
GillGibson | 1,204 posts | 🔋 Battery Nerd @BatteryBarry one thing that trips people up at this stage — don't forget to factor in your inverter's idle draw when doing the calc.
in Garden Offices 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else had grief with JK BMS cutting out under load on a 24V LiFePO4 build?
Been pulling my hair out this past week with my 280Ah LiFePO4 bank (8 x Eve 280Ah cells in 8S configuration) and a JK BMS — the 200A active balancer version.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 2