Golden Nomad

Golden Nomad

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@GoldenNomad

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

Swansea, Wales Joined Mar 2024
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Asking for help
@PennineSolar the cramped-van-at-2am debugging experience is character building in ways I didn't ask for.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up just from driving in winter?
Short answer: yes, and it's not even close in December. I'm running a 100Ah Fogstar Drift in the van and even with a decent B2B charger (Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A), a 4-hour motorway run in...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
SolarSense 750 not visible in GX520
Ran into something similar when I added a Orion-Tr Smart to my van's VE.Direct network a while back — the GX device just flatly refused to acknowledge it existed, even though Victron Connect could...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
VRM API stuck on ‘Connecting to VRM API’
@RetiredSquaddie had this exact grief last winter with my Cerbo. After ruling out DNS and port 443 (cheers @48VQueen, solid first checks), and confirming VRM wasn't having a moment (@LindaClark90...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Anyone else's log cabin getting absolutely hammered by damp this winter?
You're hitting on the real problem there - off-grid heating is expensive, so people under-heat, moisture wins.
in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago
Our Scottish off-grid cabin build — progress log
The split array approach makes sense for Scottish latitude, though I'd push back slightly on the maintenance narrative here.
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 year ago thumb_up 2