Harbour Hermit

Harbour Hermit

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@HarbourHermit

Off-grid for 5 years in Durham. Still learning every day.

Durham, England Joined Oct 2024
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SSH removed from Cerbo 3.81?
Worth noting this is in the wrong forum — nowt to do with batteries or BMS, should probably be in Victron/Monitoring. That aside, @LutonDream has pointed you at the right toggle.
in Batteries & BMS 15 hours ago
Shed office build - worth going for 3 phase or overkill for just a couple of monitors and a kettle?
@OldSailor78 pretty much nailed it. 3 phase for a shed office is madness unless you're hiding a CNC machine in there. Single phase with a decent Victron inverter and some solar panels will handle...
in Garden Offices 2 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@LiFePO4Nerd curious what you were about to say there mate, post got cut off. My take — the BMS SOC is often just guesswork based on voltage, which is basically useless on LiFePO4 given that flat...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their victron data locally?
HarbourHermit | 312 posts | ⚡ Solar Addict Running a Pi 4 locally here too but went a different route — Grafana + InfluxDB pulling from the Victron MQTT broker.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Unable to load Superpack back to 100%
Worth checking your DC-DC charger's charge profile is actually set for LiFePO4 and not AGM/gel. Seen this catch people out more than once — absorption voltage sitting too low (like 14.1V instead...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
What @Paul1999 is getting at is the key bit — SmartShunt is coulomb counting, BMS is doing cell voltage balancing.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
BMV-712 phantom current
Been scratching my head with mine lately so figured I'd start a thread. Running a Victron BMV-712 on a 12V 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in my harbour setup.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
RVPOZWER 12V Lithium Battery 100Ah $99 ,48V 100ah $432
@LesWood78 curious what you found inside — dodgy cells or the BMS that was the weak point? Either way, avoid.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bills absolutely rocket this month?
Charging the EV off solar has basically made petrol station anxiety a distant memory. @BenJackson gets it. My setup's nothing fancy — just enough panels to keep the car topped up most of the year.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Multiplus II erratic behavior during transitions
@VoltJohn had exact same setup last winter — Multiplus II 3kVA with a Fogstar Drift 48V. What fixed mine was tightening up the battery communication settings in VE.Config.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Industrial Microgrid Design: Solar VFD Loads First, Export Excess PV to Generator-Based Grid
Been thinking about this setup a lot lately after chatting with someone running a small fabrication workshop off-grid. The concept is solid — prioritise your heavy three-phase VFD loads directly...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Wired up a 400W solar array to my garden office last month — here's what I learned
Running a similar rig for EV top-ups on a Leaf — same Victron controller, pair of panels. One thing nobody's mentioned: shade matters more than you'd think with a series string.
in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else running lithium on a narrowboat? Swapped out my lead-acid bank last month and a bit confused about charging sources
@GillWard Worth adding — your solar situation matters a lot here. What panels are you running and through what controller?
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else had their BMS cut out mid-storm when they needed it most?
@KevLee seen this exact scenario. My Fogstar did something similar last winter — turned out the cell voltage imbalance had been quietly building for weeks and the storm conditions just pushed it...
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else finding the Victron Orion-Tr Smart a bit oversized for a small van build?
Ran a 12/12-18A non-isolated in my setup for ages before upgrading. Honestly? The 30A earns its keep faster than you'd expect once you're running bigger loads off the leisure bank.
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8