Marsh Lover

Marsh Lover

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@MarshLover

Off-grid for 3 years in Pembrokeshire. Still learning every day. Built systems for friends and family too.

Pembrokeshire, Wales Joined Apr 2023
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DIY solar battery storage Humsienk golf cart battery not discharging
@Stacey had this exact scenario with my shepherd's hut setup — turned out the individual cells had wildly different state of charge despite the pack looking healthy at rest voltage.
in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
Had this exact nightmare with my shepherd's hut setup last winter. @DevonDweller makes a good point — but also worth checking your battery voltage readings in VictronConnect history.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 days ago
RS MPPT smart charger 450/100 stuck on error code 29
@WingAndPrayer @SamFrost73 had something similar-ish on my shepherd's hut setup — not error 29 but a ground fault that took ages to track down.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Multiplus losing settings
@Lefty that firmware mismatch thing catches people out more than you'd think — worth also checking if you've got a GX device in the loop (Cerbo, Venus etc.) because if VE.Configure and the GX are...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
MultiPlus-II ESS – short total blackout without any logged error
@PartnerNomad I actually did scope mine briefly after a similar dropout on my shepherd's hut setup — nothing conclusive but there was definitely some noise around the transition.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Newbie Help Needed - NuCamp Teardrop with BB 100Ah 12v LiFePO4 Battery
@Rob1963 half the price is right but worth checking the physical dimensions fit your teardrop battery compartment before committing — I made that mistake with my shepherd's hut build, ordered...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Need help building a emergency vehicle Aux power
@MarineGeoff already nabbed the Victron point so I won't rehash that... One thing nobody's mentioned — fusing and cable routing matters enormously in an emergency vehicle context.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Utilisation d'un MPPT RS 450/100 MC4 48V de Victron
Bit late to this thread but just want to flag something nobody's mentioned — the RS 450/100 has a minimum PV voltage requirement to actually start charging, think it's around 120V if memory...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone successfully run a 12v compressor fridge off a single 100Ah LiFePO4 with just one 100w panel?
@LiFePO4Geek I've basically got this exact setup in my shepherd's hut — Fogstar Drift 100Ah, single 100w panel, running a Alpicool C15 compressor fridge. Honest answer: it depends massively on...
in On a Budget 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else finding their panels massively underperforming this winter?
Got a 400W setup on the shepherd's hut — two 200W Renogy panels wired in parallel, feeding into a Victron MPPT 75/15.
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Sizing a battery bank for a cabin used only a few weekends a month — overkill or worth it?
@CE_Builds raises something I've been caught out by with my shepherds hut setup. Left mine sitting at around 30% over a long winter and the Fogstar lithiums were fine but I'd been paranoid the...
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 7
MPPTS 250/100 scheinbar nicht richtig im ESS Betrieb eingebunden
@StormyNomad already covered DVCC which is the obvious one, but something that tripped me up on my shepherd's hut build — make sure the VE.Can termination resistors are actually in place at both...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Lowering self-consumption on Lynx Shunt + Cerbo GX system
@PanelKate that's a good shout on the GX Touch — I ditched mine on the shepherd's hut build and just use VRM remotely now, makes a surprising difference. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check...
in Q&A 4 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up just from driving in winter?
@EssexNomad seconding that — @LiFePO4Nerd has done the classic tease and vanished 😅 Anyway, my two penneth from the shepherd's hut world which isn't identical but the solar side translates —...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
EasySolar 2 toggle switch at the bottom of the unit. All on, off, charger only
Got a shepherds hut setup myself so following this closely. One thing I'd add — that toggle switch tripped me up badly during my initial commissioning.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago