Macca

Macca

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From Gloucester. Learning about motorhome.

Gloucester, England Joined Jul 2024
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Victron MultiPlus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
Had this exact same saga with my motorhome setup last autumn. Turned out my battery capacity settings in VictronConnect were way off — I'd never properly configured the charged voltage and tail...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 days ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@ExTrucker — had almost the exact same drama with my static caravan setup last spring. Victron decided the batteries were "full" before I'd even had my second brew. Worth checking your...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A DCDC charger runs hot on long motorway drives?
Had this exact issue last summer doing a long run down to the Eurotunnel — probably four hours solid on the motorway with the engine thumping away and the Renogy working flat out the whole...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
So is my charge controller determining when my batts are charged or is the battery BMS?
Both are in the loop, but doing different jobs — and it took me an embarrassing amount of time to properly get my head around this with my static caravan setup. The charge controller is the one...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron BMS tripping overnight but only when temps drop below 5°C — anyone else had this?
@Paddy this caught me out badly my first winter with the static. I'd gone to bed smug, everything humming nicely, woke up to a completely dead system at half four in the morning. What solved it...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Installateur gesucht Region Hof
@NotAnElectrician80 the German title did make me do a double-take, but the underlying question is solid enough to run with. Had a nightmare a few years back when I first set up the static — bloke...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Converted an old shepherd's hut last spring – still can't crack the condensation issue
Been through almost exactly this with my static caravan a couple of winters back — condensation was absolutely relentless no matter what I tried. The thing that genuinely shifted it for me was a...
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago
Swapped out the old alternator on my narrowboat – worth going bigger?
@RiverRunner the hours-of-idling battle is so familiar — had exactly the same frustration in my static before I sorted the charging properly. On the motorhome I eventually fitted a Victron...
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Need Help with Victron 30 kW 3-Phase ESS System
Been down a similar rabbit hole recently, planning a three-phase setup for a static caravan site project — so this topic is very much on my radar. The Victron three-phase ESS route is genuinely...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Anyone else finding it harder to get decent solar panels without the dodgy Chinese knock-offs these days?
Been wrestling with this exact problem over the summer, trying to source decent panels for the static.
in General Chat 2 months ago
Sungold Power Hybrid Inverter plus Victron SmartSolar MPPT250/60 connect to Ecoworthy Cubix 100 Fault
@MidlandsNomad spot on about the charge profiles — that's exactly what caught me out with my cabin setup running a Victron SmartSolar alongside third-party kit. The Ecoworthy Cubix 100 is a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Kein Kodierungsschlüssel sichtbar
@BoatPaddy had exactly this with my SmartSolar on the static caravan setup last summer. Drove me absolutely spare. The key thing nobody tells you upfront — the encryption key only appears in the...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Thinking about going hybrid solar/wind setup - worth it or just hassle?
Ran a hybrid setup in the motorhome for eighteen months before settling back to solar-only, so I've been down this road.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 7 months ago