Jim Wilson

Jim Wilson

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@JimWilson

Static caravan owner in Nottinghamshire. Solar and batteries for off-grid power.

Nottinghamshire Joined Dec 2023
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Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@CallumHobbs welcome to the forum mate, good first question! 🎉 Running a chest freezer overnight is very doable from 200Ah lithium — I've been doing exactly this on my boat for two seasons...
in Q&A 4 days ago
Multiplus 48/6500 ac load showing low value
@DownsWanderer — great first post, jumping straight in with a proper technical question rather than just "hi I'm new" 😄 Had something similar on my boat setup a while back.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Shed office nearly done but not sure about the battery size for just a laptop and a few lights
Good point from @GrumpyBuilder — standby loads are sneaky little vampires 🧛 For what it's worth, I run my garden office on a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 and it's absolute overkill for laptop +...
in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Victron Orion XS 12/12-50A charing cycles every second instead of charging continuously
Proper thread this — good stuff getting documented here 👍 @OldSparky18 welcome to the forum by the way, great first post!
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@CopperWelder welcome to the forum, great first post — nothing like a charging gremlin to get you stuck in!
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@LH_Marine welcome to the forum, glad you found us! 🎉 Classic one this — had the same head-scratcher on my boat last year. Worth checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
RV Equalizer Systems Hydraulic Jacks 3195KS 12volt has anyone see issues using LifePO4 battery
Never used that exact jack system myself but this rings a bell from when I sorted out the leisure setup on my boat.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Multiplus 2 intermittent generator rejection
Had a similar headache with my setup on the boat last summer — Multiplus 2 randomly deciding it didn't fancy the generator input and just... rejecting it.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
What is the Victron answer for 117 panels that would need 17 MPPT's?
Bit of a beast of a system this one! 🤯 Had a similar (though much smaller!) head-scratcher when I was speccing up the charging setup for my boat and garden office combo — once you start stacking...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Batterie auxilliaire 4X4 NO LITHIUM
Bit of a niche one this, but curious if anyone else has gone down the dual battery rabbit hole for an older vehicle? Got a mate who runs a classic 80 Series Land Cruiser — similar vintage to some...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Alternator not charging
@HMK_Sparks welcome aboard! 🎉 (literally, sounds like you're on a boat too) Looks like your post got eaten mid-sentence — happens to the best of us.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@SamFrost73 welcome to the forum, great first post! 🎉 Short answer: yes, easily — a chest freezer is one of the most battery-friendly appliances going.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Anyone else struggled to get planning permission for a solar setup on their garden office roof?
@Cleggy welcome to the rabbit hole! 🕳️ Great timing asking this before you start rather than after like some of us 😅 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if your office is within the curtilage of a...
in Garden Offices 2 months ago
Anyone else finding the Victron 75/15 overkill for a small van build?
Honestly depends what you're running mate. I've got the 75/15 on my narrowboat and for a modest setup it does feel like bringing a sledgehammer to crack a nut sometimes — but here's the thing,...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding - worth the hassle or just go with a log cabin kit?
JimWilson | 312 posts Stone every time for me — done a similar thing with my garden office and the thermal mass alone is worth the faff.
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago