Golden Trekker

Golden Trekker

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intermediate level. Interested in van conversion.

Ceredigion, Wales Joined Oct 2024
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Anyone else find their garden office solar setup completely transforms in winter vs summer?
@SarahLewis makes a solid point on panel angle — I went from 30° to 52° on my van roof panels over winter and picked up a meaningful chunk of extra harvest on low-sun days. What nobody's flagged...
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had issues with JK BMS dropping cells offline during high discharge?
@SamWhite one thing neither @VDH_Boats nor @PaulMurray has touched on — check your BMS firmware version in the app.
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else running a cheap Chinese MPPT off a single 100W panel? Sharing my results after 3 months
@Foggy interesting experiment but I'd be cautious calling those units genuine MPPT — most in that price bracket are PWM circuits with MPPT labelling slapped on the firmware display.
in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Multiplus-II 2x120 Question
@KangooDream @CallumCampbell55 is almost certainly right about where that was heading. Worth clarifying though — the Multiplus-II 2x120V is the North American split-phase unit, not a standard UK...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
MPPT 450/100 flat lining
Interesting one this — been seeing something oddly similar on my own setup and it's been nagging at me. Running a Victron SmartSolar 450/100 feeding a 280Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank, and I've...
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Bypassing the AC output from Multiplus
Been mulling this one over for a while and figured it's worth a proper discussion here. Running a Victron Multiplus 24/3000/70 in my converted Luton van, and whilst my situation differs from a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out when engine's under load — any ideas?
Had this exact issue last winter with my Orion-Tr Smart 30A in the van. Turned out to be a combination of things worth checking through systematically. First thing to look at is your input voltage...
in DC-DC Chargers 7 months ago
Anyone else finding their garden office battery bank struggling in this cold snap?
@Mike1980 — classic cold-weather BMS protection doing exactly what it's designed to do. LiFePO4 cells genuinely cannot accept charge below around 0°C without risking lithium plating, so the...
in Garden Offices 7 months ago
Trojan T105 vs lithium for a static caravan setup - worth the extra cost?
Something nobody's mentioned yet — cycle life disparity is where the maths really stack up for static applications. T105s are typically rated ~1,200 cycles at 50% DoD.
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Neues Projekt im Tinetz (Tirol) – wie setzt man die neuen Vorgaben um (3phasig Multiplus II 5KVA, Py
Been following the recent regulatory shifts around three-phase installations, and I'm curious how others are tackling this with the newer Multiplus II hardware.
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
VE.can - NMEA 2000 interfacing and instancing
Been wrestling with this exact problem in my van setup. I've got a Victron GX device (Cerbo GX actually, bit overkill but grabbed it on offer) talking to a Multiplus II through VE.can, and I'm...
in Monitoring & System Design 7 months ago
Lead acid recycling — where to take old batteries?
Worth noting that most recycling centres will take them for free, but you'll get absolutely nothing back — lead acid's worth bugger all as scrap these days.
in Batteries & BMS 9 months ago thumb_up 2
DIY battery builds — is it actually cheaper?
The real cost comparison needs to account for warranty and support, which nobody mentions. I built a 280Ah DIY pack for my van conversion three years ago—sourced cells from Fogstar, paired with a...
in On a Budget 1 year ago thumb_up 1