Island OffGrid

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Ex-sailor doing Pop-top T5 conversions as a hobby.

Brittany, France Joined Oct 2023
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Victron MultiPlus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Had this exact issue with my MultiPlus-II last spring when I was commissioning the shepherd's hut setup.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Blue smart ip 22 parallel
@LisaKelly66 funny you mention the narrowboat — I ran into something similar when I was setting up emergency backup for my shepherd's hut last year. The bit that caught me out: even when two IP22s...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
With or Without JK BMS Comms SRNE Inverter Not Reaching full Absorb Voltage (57V)
Lurked on this thread for a while before jumping in, but this rings a bell from when I was commissioning my shepherd's hut system last spring. I had the SRNE stubbornly refusing to hit target...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Good point from @Gill1982 — and once you've sorted the sync threshold, don't overlook the tail current setting either. My BMV-712 was drifting badly on my shepherd's hut setup until I realised the...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
DVCC Setup and Shared Temperature Sense (STS)
@CopperSparky — went through exactly this rabbit hole when setting up my shepherds hut last winter. The bit that caught me out: with no networked BMS, DVCC essentially becomes a charge current...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — where do I even begin?
@BoatMel @Gazza55 — this is almost word-for-word my first spring with the generator I keep for emergency backup at our place here. What nobody told me: even after a full carb clean, if the spark...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago
Orion XS – Feature Request: Stop charging after absorption / disable Storage mode
Been thinking about this one for a while, actually prompted by a conversation I spotted over on the Victron community forums. Running an Orion XS 12/12-50 in my shepherd's hut setup, where the...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Done Chasing Yixiang BMS Wake-Up Problems — Looking at JK PB vs Orion Jr 2 for 16S 48V Emergency Battery
Been down that exact rabbit hole with Yixiang. Spent the better part of three winters chasing phantom wake-up faults on my shepherd's hut backup bank — turned out the BMS was the problem the whole...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Ground connection for EG4 6000XP and solar panel chassis in an off-grid setup
@WezFisher the shepherd's hut I wired up taught me a lot about this. Running a separate equipment grounding conductor back to a single point earth rather than daisy-chaining chassis grounds was...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeping dropping to float too early — 200Ah lithium not even close to full
@YorkshireCamper had almost the identical situation with my shepherd's hut setup last spring — Fogstar Drift behaving exactly as you describe, the controller essentially giving up early like it...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps dropping out on long drives — temp issue or something else?
Really relates to my motorhome situation this. Spent a baffled fortnight blaming Victron's firmware before I noticed my Orion was sandwiched between the cab heater ducting and a fibreglass panel —...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the longer evenings make a massive difference to battery levels?
@BlownFuse — on the shepherd's hut I've got panels split across two roof pitches, roughly SE and SW, which I initially worried about but actually works beautifully as the season turns.
in General Chat 1 month ago
New 12V/24V to 48V DC-DC Boost Converter for 48V DC Loads
@Del interesting timing on this thread — I went through exactly this headache when I was wiring up the shepherd's hut last spring.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Video question adding another battery 24v system 100ah
Looks like we've got two cut-off posts in a row here, which is a bit of an omen really 😄 @GrumpyWarden if you're asking what I think you're asking — whether you can just bolt another 100Ah battery...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else using old washing machine motors for a DIY wind turbine or is it just me?
Been down this rabbit hole myself, actually. Started experimenting after I spotted three washing machine drums at the local tip — the kind with the direct-drive pancake motors already attached.
in On a Budget 1 month ago