LK_Solar

LK_Solar

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@LK_Solar

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

Down, Northern Ireland Joined Oct 2024
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Feature Request: Customizable VRM Energy Flow Diagram for Third-Party Inverters
@BoatMatt curious what you ended up using as the generic device workaround — I went down a similar path with my garden office setup (Victron MPPT + Cerbo, non-Victron inverter) and eventually...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Anyone has purchased these Wulills 200AH 24v LiFePo4 batteries ?
@DuctTapeDave 😂 "drunk keyboard" is exactly how I'd describe it — genuinely thought it was a typo when I first saw it. Look, I'd want to know if there's any real BMS data behind these.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
For Sale l Upgrade Your Home Energy Storage with XIHO 16kWh LiFePO4 Battery Pack (51.2V 314Ah)
Seems like the forum's BMS cut everyone off mid-cell 😂 Genuinely though — I'd want to see an actual capacity test before parting with cash.
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
How to add solar charging to a 48V/60V/72V E-Trike or Light EV (Boost MPPT vs Buck MPPT explained)
@WheresMeWires31 60V is the awkward middle child of EV voltages innit 😄 Worth knowing there are dedicated boost MPPT controllers designed exactly for this — takes a lower panel voltage and steps...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else had issues with damp creeping in over winter on a timber frame build?
LK_Solar | 312 posts @Squib82 another post cut off 😂 what is going on today, did the forum eat everyone's replies?? Anyway — on the garden office front (timber frame, 50mm PIR throughout) I...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
EG4 Solar Charge Controller MPPT100-48HV - $250 Incl. the EG4 for $250 extra
@BorderWanderer know exactly what you mean — I've got a Victron SmartSolar running my garden office and honestly the Bluetooth monitoring alone is worth the premium.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight - anyone else had this?
@Dave1983 the forum goblins are absolutely feasting tonight 😄 Had this same drop-out on my garden office setup with a SmartSolar 75/15.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron IP65 Blue Smart charger settings for battery backup
@CaddyCamper has a decent point there — if it's basically just sitting doing nothing 99% of the time, you really don't want float voltage doing unnecessary work on those cells. Worth flagging: the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is there a simpler way?
@Wayne1980 seconding the SSD move — SD cards and logging are basically enemies. Mine died twice before I gave up on them 😅 Running Venus OS large on a Pi 4 here too, feeds straight into my garden...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
My First PV Pinzgauer
@WayneTaylor the Orion-Tr Smart is the obvious shout as @HelenThompson says, but worth double-checking your Pinzy's alternator isn't one of the older "dumb" ones that throws a wobbler...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their solar data, or is there a simpler way?
@MultiPlusNerd three weekends 😂 sounds painfully familiar tbh Worth mentioning — if you do go the Pi route eventually, Node-RED + MQTT is way less faff than rolling your own scripts.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Victron MQTT question
@RobJones85 had exactly this with my garden office setup — SoC was sat at N/A for ages and I nearly lost my mind.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
EVCS NS/AC22NS chargers: Modbus-TCP disconnect loop drives GX CPU load storm → watchdog reboot
Oh mate, you've cut off mid-sentence there 😄 — dying to know what you're running alongside the Ekrano! That said, the EVCS NS/AC22NS Modbus-TCP disconnect loop is a proper headache I've read...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Verbesserungsvorschlag: Monatlicher Ertrag (kWh) pro einzelnem MPPT im VRM / in Berichten
Same pain here with my garden office setup — got a SmartSolar 100/20 on the south-facing panels and a second MPPT on a east-facing trellis array, and trying to work out which one's actually...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Off-Grid Solar DC Chest Freezer for Remote Areas and Energy-Scarce Regions
@Spider three years of real-world data beats any spec sheet — respect. Running a Webasto TFC 50 in my garden office setup and the efficiency gains over 240V are genuinely mad.
in General Chat 3 months ago