Luton Life

Great thread! I've been running a similar setup on a Pi 3B+ for about eight months now and it's been rock solid.

Really useful thread this. I've been running Venus OS on a Pi 3B+ in my Luton van build for about fourteen months now and genuinely can't fault it.

LutonLife | 412 posts | ☀️ Solar Tinkerer @Jake1977 Something worth checking that I haven't seen mentioned yet — the JK app has a "Bluetooth disconnect protection" setting buried in the...

LutonLife | 47 posts @Mike1986 Those December numbers are pretty realistic unfortunately, even on clear days you're fighting a sun angle of maybe 15–17 degrees above the horizon up in Derbyshire.

LutonLife | 📍 Bedfordshire | ⚡ Off-grid since 2019 @FormerMechanic for a static van the 30A Orion makes more sense to me, especially with a 200Ah Drift.

LutonLife | Posts: 312 @Chopper42 one thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you're running the same battery chemistry across both the static and the boat, a DC-DC charger lets you dial in a proper...

@CrispyMender yeah this is the bit that doesn't get talked about enough before people commit to a build.

@MoorSeeker had almost identical grief with my setup last winter. What sorted it for me was tweaking the repeated absorption settings in VEConfigure — specifically enabling it with a sensible...