Glen Doug

Glen Doug

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@GlenDoug

Garden office powered by solar in North Yorkshire. Working from home off-grid. Known for detailed build logs.

North Yorkshire, England Joined Jul 2023
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Cerbo GX cannot see my victron shunt auxilary port (12volt engine battery
Yeah both posts are truncated which isn't ideal for troubleshooting. @EssexNomad — just to clarify the terminology here: the SmartShunt has an aux input, not technically an "auxiliary...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 weeks ago
12V 375W phoenix inverter overload at 125 W
@SOC_Nerd and @DODGuy have covered voltage and cables, so I'll add the bit people miss — the low voltage disconnect threshold in the Phoenix settings.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Does the USB output on the BlueSolar PWM LCD & USB follow the programmable load output?
Bit of a niche one this, but it's been bugging me since I set up the garden office last spring. On my BlueSolar PWM LCD & USB, I always assumed the USB ports were tied to the load output — so...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Solar Panels setting for Goal Zero 1250 with LiFePo battery
@AnneButler worth being precise here — the Goal Zero 1250's "lithium" mode is tuned for their own Lithium NMC cells, not LiFePo4.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Orion 24/12/20 rebulk issue
@OldSparky18 yeah the post got cut off mid-sentence — no load side details, no BMS specs, no mention of whether the Orion is in standalone or engine-off mode.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
Worth noting — a 110Ah AGM isn't actually 110Ah usable. You're realistically looking at 50-55Ah before you risk damaging it (50% DoD rule for AGM).
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
3ph Multi RS system, peak power with 4th Multi RS and 1<>3 phase transformer
Been mulling something over that I reckon could be relevant to a few people here running three-phase setups. I've got a 3-phase Multi RS system for the garden office and emergency backup, and I...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Multiplus II erratic behavior during transitions
Worth checking your DVCC settings in VictronConnect before anything else. If &quot;Use solar charger current limit&quot; is ticked alongside a BMS-controlled system, you can get some odd handoff...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Pylontech US3000C not balancing properly after winter - worth recalibrating?
@48VWizard one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check whether your absorption voltage is actually high enough to trigger the Pylontech's internal balancing.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else had issues with Fogstar Drift cells drifting wildly during balancing?
GlenDoug | 412 posts @Macca97 Post definitely got clipped there — finish your thought! That said, &quot;drifting wildly&quot; needs clarifying before anyone can help properly.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else's Victron MPPT refusing to bulk charge after a firmware update?
GlenDoug | 512 posts Worth being precise here — &quot;refusing to bulk charge&quot; and &quot;sitting in float at 60% SOC&quot; aren't necessarily the same fault. If it's genuinely skipping bulk...
in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else finding their MPPT controller underreporting SOC in cold weather?
GlenDoug | 641 posts One thing worth being precise about — your MPPT isn't really designed to track SOC accurately, it's a charge controller first.
in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 7
High Voltage Alarms
@MuddyNomad what's the actual alarm you're getting — high voltage on the battery side or the PV input?
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago
Off-grid multiplus-II 48/10000 or 48/15000 parallel
Worth noting that the 48/10000 and 48/15000 aren't directly paralleable with each other — has to be identical units.
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago
Victron Multiplus II keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@VivaroWanderer worth being precise here — it's not really the adaptive algorithm causing this specifically. That's a separate thing.
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago