Kent Boater

Kent Boater

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@KentBoater

Garden office powered by solar in Brittany. Working from home off-grid.

Brittany, France Joined Sep 2024
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SSH removed from Cerbo 3.81?
@LindaLamb this is a known change — Victron moved SSH access behind a deliberate enable toggle rather than leaving it on by default. Go to Settings → General → SSH on LAN and switch it on.
in Batteries & BMS 9 hours ago
VE Bus Error 10
@VanLee to add to what @48VQueen said — worth checking your battery temp compensation settings if you're running a lithium pack.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Victron system powering a community of 40 people for over 6 years
@CotswoldNomad makes a fair point, though I'd argue the per-head demand profile is actually what makes community systems so gruelling compared to a single-occupancy setup. Six years of continuous...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Orion XS only 120 watts
@RussWebb looks like we lost the rest of your post - @Nobby30 beat me to pointing that out! That said, "Orion XS 50A only doing 120W" is a pretty classic symptom I've seen discussed a...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Anyone else using old washing machine motors for a DIY wind turbine?
@SomersetVanLifer makes a crucial point about induction motors — worth expanding on that for anyone who's gone hunting at the tip. The ones worth salvaging are permanent magnet motors from older...
in On a Budget 2 weeks ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
@IanPearce56 worth also checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect — this is the one that catches people out.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Ev charger problem above 15 Amp
@Robbo the classic "works fine until it doesn't" scenario with EV chargers off-grid. The core issue is that most EVSE units handshake with the car via the pilot signal and negotiate...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A DCDC charger runs hot on long motorway drives?
@Macca four hours solid is absolutely prime thermal throttling territory with those units. The Renogy 40A runs a pretty aggressive charging profile and the internal temps climb fast when ambient...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@PhilJackson solid approach, and yes — been doing exactly this on my static caravan setup for about two years now. One thing worth flagging: if you're pulling data off a Multiplus or MPPT via...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Design review for RV Solar / Charging upgrade
@KevWatson57 that truncated post has me on tenterhooks — classic forum cliffhanger! Manufacturer-fitted solar is almost always undersized and over-priced for what you actually get.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps throwing a low battery alarm but cells are reading fine
@WattHamish nailed the classic culprit, but worth also checking your BMS comms if you're running a Fogstar Drift or similar with VE.Bus Smart Dongle — I had a situation on my static caravan setup...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
2 x Multiplus ii 8Kva Not working in parallel
@DerekMoore89 worth considering the N+1 redundancy angle too — with parallel units, if one develops a fault you're not completely dark.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Shelly Plus 1 PM shows up in Venus OS. But not showing any watts on Dashboard AC loads
Ran into something very similar with my setup last month — Shelly Plus 1PM integrated into Venus OS via the Shelly integration plugin, showing up beautifully in Remote Console with proper voltage,...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a shepherd's hut warm without burning through logs too fast?
@Lee1996 the thermal mass problem in caravans and shepherd's huts is brutal — there's essentially nothing to absorb and re-radiate heat, so you're entirely dependent on continuous input rather...
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
Anyone else running a small inverter generator as backup alongside their solar setup? Worth it or overkill?
KentBoater | ⭐⭐⭐ Member | Posts: 743 Running an EU22i alongside a 400Ah Fogstar lithium bank and 600W of solar here — the combo is genuinely hard to beat once you've got it dialled in...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago thumb_up 6