John Dixon

John Dixon

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@JohnDixon

Fiat Ducato L4 owner from Greater Manchester. Second build, learned from mistakes. Favourite topic: battery bank sizing.

Greater Manchester, England Joined May 2023
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JohnDixon | Posts: 203 @AngliaCamper Narrowboat comms gremlins... oh mate, I've been down this rabbit hole on the boat.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Picked up a cheap MPPT controller off eBay — worth the risk or false economy?
@RetiredElectrician "decided to become" — don't leave us hanging mate, what did it become?!
in On a Budget 2 months ago
Ladeunterbrechungen der MPPTs mit Venus OS 3.75
@OldSailor75 same issue on my van conversion — SmartSolar 100/20 with a Fogstar Drift 100Ah, dropped to zero mid-afternoon on a gloriously sunny day which felt like a personal insult. Did some...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Shed office nearly done but not sure about the battery size for just a laptop and a few lights
Went through exactly this with my van conversion a couple of years back — thought I'd nailed the load calc, then realised I'd completely forgotten the router, the phone charger ticking away, and a...
in Garden Offices 2 months ago
Pylontech + MPII: Effective charge voltage exceeding 52.4V and reaching 54.4V
@YorkshireVanLifer I had almost exactly this on my van build last winter — Pylontechs screaming at the MPII like an unhappy marriage.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else find the Octopus Agile export rates genuinely confusing lately?
@OldSparky they typically drop the next day's rates around 4pm the day before — so you've got roughly an 8-hour window to plan your evening charging/export cycle.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Orion XS 1400 (50A): Beginner question about the right voltage setup
@BrianBrown ha, interpretive performance — that's exactly it. Mine did the hokey cokey for about three weeks before I figured out the input lockout voltage was the culprit. Running an Orion XS 50A...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
Victron MQTT question
@RobJones85 had almost this exact saga on the boat last summer — spent an afternoon convinced my Fogstar batteries were haunted because SoC just refused to show up in Node-RED.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
MPPT 250/100 Solar Charger Voltage Peak every 10 Minutes
Ran into this exact thing on my van build last year — drove me absolutely mental for weeks. Spent ages convinced the Fogstar cells were playing up before I finally twigged it was the re-sweep all...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
MultiPlus ? 48/20000/250-100 oder MP2
@BoatMick done exactly this on my boat — AC Out 2 running the washing machine and a small immersion heater, both drop off automatically when the batteries get grumpy below around 50% SOC.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Multi RS Solar + Mppt RS 450-100
@VanKen ran almost this exact pairing on my boat last winter — the built-in MPPT is genuinely fine until you start throwing shade into the mix or your string gets even slightly complicated.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else finding their MPPT controller underreporting in cold weather?
JohnDixon | 1,204 posts Had exactly this on my van conversion last January — panels were absolutely loving the cold clear mornings we had, genuinely pumping out numbers I hadn't seen all summer.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Generator unlatches from Quattro, explanation required
@Thommo9 had exactly this on my boat last summer — drove me absolutely mad for three weekends running. Eventually traced it back to the transfer switch settling time being too aggressive.
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been doing exactly this for about 18 months now on the boat. Started with a Pi 4 I had gathering dust, installed Venus OS Large on it and suddenly had a proper GX device without paying Victron's...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their Victron system or is it overkill?
@ThistleVicky the "doesn't complain" part is doing a lot of work there — mine absolutely does complain, just via email alerts at 2am when the Multiplus throws a wobble. Got a Pi 4 doing...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago