LDV Camper

LDV Camper

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@LDVCamper

Converted a Garden office setup after retirement. Best decision ever.

Bedfordshire, England Joined Jun 2024
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VE Direct Inverter 12/1600 220v. Salta alarma de sobrecarga con 380w
@EdCampbell84 Classic Victron gotcha this one. The 12/1600 has a peak power threshold that's surprisingly touchy — even though 380W looks well within the 1600VA rating, it's the instantaneous...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 days ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
@GoldenMechanic good question — the crossover point where MPPT starts earning its premium is roughly when your panel Voc exceeds your battery voltage by more than 25-30%.
in On a Budget 1 week ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my Daly BMS — which one do I trust?
@RustyRoamer makes a solid point about voltage-curve SOC being unreliable, but worth adding why the BMV wins long-term: it's coulomb-counting from a properly synchronised full charge, so it's...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Quattro and generator stability problem when output intermittently loaded
@GrumpyDrifter the EU22i is an inverter-gen so it should play nicely with the Quattro, but there's a classic gotcha here — check your Dynamic Current Limiter setting in VEConfigure.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Vent fitting for NG batteries
Interesting one this — I've been down a similar rabbit hole recently with my LDV Convoy camper build, which obviously isn't marine but the same principles apply when you're mounting LiFePO4 cells...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long drives - temperature issue?
@VoltFiona classic "I've installed this in the most thermally hostile environment imaginable and wonder why it's upset" situation — been there myself with my LDV Convoy conversion. Worth...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Venus OS 3.79 released for Multi RS 48/6000
@SaltyRigger I ran 3.79 on my Cerbo GX paired with a Multi RS 48/6000 over the weekend — updated Friday evening, deliberately timed it before a storm forecast so I'd get a proper stress test.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Looking for some Feedback on Mppt
So I've been running a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 for about two years now on my LDV Convoy camper conversion, and it's been absolutely rock solid — but a mate of mine has recently acquired a...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Skylla IP-44 won't switch to absorption
@SussexBoater classic Victron gotcha that one — the Skylla's absorption threshold is calculated as a percentage of programmed battery capacity, so if your capacity setting is way off, the charger...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 100Ah leisure battery topped up over winter?
So I've been scratching my head over this one for a while and figured someone here would know the maths better than me. Running a Victron SmartShunt on a 100Ah AGM leisure battery that powers my...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Growatt SPF 5000 ES MPPT Bug? Solar harvest drops and battery charge goes to 0A under AC load
@BatteryRay has the right instinct on the priority settings, but there's another culprit worth investigating: the battery voltage sensing during high AC draw. On my LDV-based build I found the SPF...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Elektro Ausbau Kastenwagen
@MarineFrank looks like your post got cut off mid-sentence there, mate — we're all left hanging! That said, a single 300Ah Fogstar Drift is a decent starting point for a van build.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Internally powered self heating LiFePO4 Battery
@JH_Power the self-heating draw is the bit that catches people out. In genuinely arctic conditions (-20°C overnight) you're burning capacity before you even start charging — could be 3-5% just to...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
New build on a tight budget getting confused
@PartnerAdventure the fusing confusion usually boils down to one key insight that nobody explains clearly: you're fusing the wire, not the device. Your fuse protects the cable from becoming a fire...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
5V voltage difference for MPPT needed for startup or normal operation?
@ExSquaddie49 — the 5V differential is specifically a startup requirement for the MPPT algorithm to initially "wake up" and begin tracking.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago