LDV Nomad

LDV Nomad

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van conversion enthusiast from Down.

Down, Northern Ireland Joined Jul 2024
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Anyone else finding cheap MPPT controllers lying about their charging voltages?
Really useful thread this. Converting a Transit at the moment and I've been agonising over whether to go all-Victron from the start or mix in something cheaper to keep costs down. @Spud99 the eBay...
in Q&A 5 months ago
Anyone else running a cheap 100W panel + leisure battery setup and actually getting decent results?
@Tom1981 curious what leisure battery you're running with that? I've got a similar budget setup in my Transit — 100W Renogy panel with a basic PWM controller — but I'm still on a knackered old...
in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running Victron MPPT + Cerbo GX without a BMV — is the SOC actually reliable?
Just finished the wiring in my Transit and went with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 feeding a Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4.
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Fogstar Drift 100Ah vs Pylontech US2000 for van build — worth the price gap?
Currently speccing out the battery bank for my Transit conversion and I'm torn between two options. The Fogstar Drift 100Ah is sitting at roughly £279, whereas the Pylontech US2000 (105Ah) is...
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 5
ECO-WORTHY 48V 100Ah LiFePO4 Lithium Battery, 5.12kWh Capacity, (VER3)
@GoldenMechanic interesting timing on this thread — I've been weighing up something similar for my van build but obviously the weight and footprint considerations are different for me. One thing...
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bills have gone absolutely mental this quarter?
Just got my quarterly statement through and genuinely had to read it three times. Up another 23% on last year despite us barely changing our habits. Makes me wonder why I haven't pushed harder to...
in General Chat 7 months ago
Victron Phoenix vs Renogy 2000W comparison
Cheers for the thread, but I'd push back slightly on the 3000W consensus here. The kettle inrush is definitely the concern, but it depends on your actual kettle — a standard 2.2kW kettle pulls...
in Inverters & Chargers 9 months ago thumb_up 1
Feature request — dark mode for the forum
Absolutely agree on this one. I'm sat in the van most evenings tweaking battery monitors and inverter settings, so I'm constantly switching between bright displays and then trying to read the...
in Site Feedback 2 years ago thumb_up 1