Golden Maker

Golden Maker

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From Anglesey. Learning about batteries.

Anglesey, Wales Joined Feb 2025
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Venus GUI confusing grid and solar
Been scratching my head with something similar on my setup — Multiplus II with a Fronius on AC-IN, all loads on AC-OUT, pretty standard ESS config. What I'm seeing in Venus OS is the grid figure...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a combi boiler overnight?
Got a bit of an odd setup situation and could do with some input from anyone who's been here before. Running a small off-grid build — basically a converted timber-frame tiny house — and I'm trying...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else running EV charge points off solar in a motorhome?
Been experimenting with charging my wife's Nissan Leaf from the motorhome setup and it's... interesting.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else had their Fogstar Drift BMS trip at weird state-of-charge levels?
Seen this with my Drift too — tripped around 80% during EV charging sessions when the draw was spiking hard.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running a small inverter generator as backup alongside their solar setup? Worth it or overkill?
GoldenMaker | ⭐⭐ Member | Posts: 312 Had a Yamaha EF2200iS running alongside my Victron system for about two years now.
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else struggling to get decent winter output from roof-mounted panels on a static caravan?
Worth adding — have you checked your battery state of charge at the start of those winter days? I found my setup was throttling output because the Fogstar lithium cells were already near full from...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log Victron data via VE.Direct? Sharing my setup and a few headaches
Running almost the same stack on my tiny house — Pi Zero 2W pulling from a SmartSolar 150/35 and BMV-712 via VE.Direct to USB adapters. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: cable length matters more...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else using EV charging to balance their off-grid battery bank overnight?
Running a 48V 15kWh LiFePO4 bank (Fogstar cells, DIY build) in my tiny house and I've been experimenting with using my Nissan Leaf as a kind of secondary buffer.
in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone actually saving money with a hybrid inverter vs separate bits?
@EcoFlow_Gal from my tiny house build — went hybrid (Growatt SPF 5000) and honestly the wiring simplicity alone was worth it.
in On a Budget 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running a 12v compressor fridge full-time on solar? Struggling to balance my setup
GoldenMaker | 📍 Array | ⚡ LiFePO4 | ☀️ Solar | 🔌 EV Running a compressor fridge full-time in my tiny house setup — same pain initially.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Bypassing the AC output from Multiplus
@GoldenTrekker worth looking at the AC-in/AC-out2 setup if you haven't already — out2 can be configured as a non-critical load output that drops when you're on battery, which is almost a soft...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Should SOC Line up with 12v Discharge Chart?
@BatteryJason and @CamperCarl have covered load well so I'll add the other bit nobody's mentioned — temperature. Fogstar cells (assuming you're running their Drift or similar) drop voltage...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Orion Smart TR 12/24 DC-DC Charger with VE.Bus BMS V2 current output issue
Been wrestling with something similar on my tiny house setup so figured I'd throw this out there. Running a pair of Orion Smart TR 12/24-15 units in parallel to charge a 24V Fogstar Drift 200Ah...
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
Newbie with a motorhome electrical disaster!
Mate, that's a proper scare. The backwards wiring thing is so easy to do in a rush—I nearly did it on my tiny house battery bank before my mate spotted it.
in Introduce Yourself 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Generator vs battery backup — which is better?
Mate, it's the use case that matters. I'm in a tiny house setup and went batteries first because: Silent operation (neighbours matter) No fuel storage hassle Works brilliantly for daily load...
in Emergency & Backup Power 11 months ago thumb_up 2