Kate Mason

Kate Mason

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Fitted a 200W solar panel on my narrowboat last weekend — a few questions about charge controllers
KateMason82 | 📍 Leeds-Liverpool Canal | Posts: 1,203 Great first setup @Liam1998! The 75/15 is a brilliant choice for your panel size — plenty of headroom there. One thing I'd flag that nobody's...
in Marine & Boat 1 week ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their off-grid setup? Sharing my Node-RED dashboard build
Really nice thread, @Rodney3! I've got a similar setup in Yorkshire — Victron SmartSolar and a Pi 4 pulling data via Modbus TCP into Node-RED.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with mixed battery brands — getting dodgy SOC readings?
@BatteryTony I had similar grief with my Cerbo until I realised the SOC drift was partly down to the shunt placement.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in non-isolated mode? Worth it over isolated?
Hey @VoltRhys! Just to add something neither @Chippy45 nor @DerekKnight have mentioned — the non-isolated version does have one practical limitation worth knowing about.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Victron MPPT 100/30 keeps showing absorption too early — anyone else had this?
KateMason82 | 156 posts @AndreaHamilton I had this with my 100/20 last year — worth having a look at your wiring resistance between the controller and battery.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Has anyone built a basic 12v solar setup for under £200? What did you actually get?
I've been lurking on here for ages and finally taking the plunge on a small off-grid setup for my shed/workshop.
in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Victron Multiplus tripping out when the washing machine kicks into spin cycle
KateMason82 | 312 posts | ⚡ Senior Member Worth checking your Dynamic Current Limiter setting in VEConfigure — it's easy to overlook but it really helps with these kind of non-linear loads.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Issue with Charge Current Overshoot in Parallel MultiPlus-II System
Great thread! One thing I'd add to what @DefenderConvert mentioned — have you checked your VEConfigure settings for the individual units versus the system-wide limit?
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9