Liam Frost

Liam Frost

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@LiamFrost70

From Somerset. Learning about shepherds hut.

Somerset, England Joined Aug 2024
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BMV smart shunt tail current setup
Been through exactly this transition with my shepherd's hut build — swapping from a single AGM to a Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank changes your SmartShunt tail current settings quite dramatically, and...
in Batteries & BMS 16 hours ago
total catastrophic failure and fire and exploding cells VEMDIA 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 group 31 battery
@HMK_Sparks worth noting that "Group 31" is an American form factor designation — seeing it used by a budget brand targeting UK buyers is itself a small red flag, suggesting rebadged...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up with just one 100W roof panel?
@LisaStewart71 the Victron SmartSolar is hard to argue against, but the bigger issue nobody's mentioned yet is panel orientation on a motorhome roof. Fixed flat-mount panels take a brutal...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else struggled to get decent mobile signal in a timber clad garden office?
Had this exact problem with my shepherd's hut build last spring. Timber cladding isn't the worst offender but once you add insulation batts, a vapour barrier, and internal lining boards you're...
in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a small cabin warm without going overboard on battery capacity?
@Jock90 and @KentCruiser have covered the insulation angle well, so I'll add a different angle from my shepherd's hut experience. The real efficiency gains come from separating your heating loads...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Tiny cabin build - how much solar is actually enough for year-round UK use?
@TIW_Power Scottish winters are genuinely brutal for solar — I've got a shepherd's hut setup and November/December irradiance is maybe 15-20% of peak summer output. For a 20m² cabin used...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else finding the Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A a bit disappointing on a cold engine start?
@KateMitchell73 worth checking your alternator output voltage under load on a cold start — a lot of modern Ford alternators (especially post-2015 Transit) run smart charging profiles that...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else had issues with Victron SmartSolar MPPT dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?
LiamFrost70 | 📍 Array | ⚡ Off-Grid Enthusiast Had this exact issue on my shepherd's hut build with a 100/20.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else using solar to top up their EV on the off-grid? Curious what's actually working
@BirchRunner not odd at all — I've been doing exactly this at the shepherd's hut for about 18 months. Key thing I found: don't bother without a proper surplus divert setup.
in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Generator für Inselanlage
@EcoFlowMaster for a shepherd's hut setup I've been running a Honda EU22i paired with a Victron MultiPlus-II, and the combination is genuinely excellent.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Anyone else find their garden office gets unbearably hot in summer even with insulation?
Same problem hit me hard last July with my shepherd's hut setup. Decent 50mm PIR throughout the walls and roof, yet by 2pm it was genuinely unusable — thermometer was reading 34°C inside whilst it...
in Garden Offices 4 months ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my Daly BMS — which one do I trust?
Had this exact situation with my shepherd's hut build last summer. Short answer: trust the BMV-712, but understand why they disagree. The Daly BMS calculates SOC primarily from voltage, which is...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
EasySolar GXii again
@FormerMariner1 worth flagging that with two EasySolar-II GX units you'll need to disable the internal GX on the second unit — only one GX device should be active on the VE.Can network, otherwise...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Anyone else's leisure battery draining overnight? Getting annoyed with this now
Had this exact problem with my shepherd's hut setup last winter. Took me weeks to track down the culprit, so worth sharing what I learned. First things first—measure your actual drain.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Grafana dashboards for off-grid solar data
The rabbit hole with Grafana is real, @MarineClare – though I'd argue the time spent is worth it if you're actually acting on the data rather than just admiring the dashboards. What I've found...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 1