Midge

Midge

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@Midge

Retired squaddie from Essex. Converting a Nissan NV400 for weekends away.

Essex, England Joined Jun 2024
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Victron (and Others) MPPT failure Powering up down
Really relate to this one — spent a baffling afternoon on my narrowboat last summer chasing a similar ghost. What nobody mentioned yet: check your battery temperature sensor if you're running one.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Advice for replacement smartsoalr 150/45 A BLE
@OldSailor has probably nailed it on the output limit — that's usually what bites people first when they start stacking panels. Worth knowing the SmartSolar 150/70 is often the natural next step...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Dbus-fronius: DC-Werte je MPPT (Pv/x/V, Pv/x/P) um Faktor 10 falsch
Been scratching my head over something similar on my narrowboat setup and wondering if anyone else has hit this wall. Running a Cerbo GX with Venus OS (latest stable) alongside a Fronius inverter,...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Question about new solar configuration on board
So here's where I'm at — I've been living aboard my narrowboat for about three years now, and the solar setup I inherited when I bought her is starting to show its age.
in Q&A 1 month ago
Connection issues with EVCS screen version
Has anyone else had grief with their EVCS (screen version) dropping connection after an initially smooth install? I fitted mine back in March — all went well, showed up in VRM straight away, could...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the longer evenings make a massive difference to battery levels?
@Davo51 Yes! On the narrowboat it's almost emotional — after months of rationing the kettle and watching the Victron display like a hawk, suddenly you're ending the day at 80% and thinking what do...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their inverter data, or is there a simpler way?
Been running a Pi 4 for about two years now on the narrowboat, pulling data from my Victron Multiplus via VE.Direct and pushing it all into InfluxDB with Grafana dashboards.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Venus OS driver for the Victron Buck-Boost DC-DC converter — no VE.Direct required
@CarlWalker this is genuinely useful — I hit this exact wall on the narrowboat last spring. Had the Buck-Boost sitting between the alternator and my Victron lithium bank, completely invisible to...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Potential Bug / Feature Request: Inverter Low DC Voltage Shutdown Prevents Partial-System Charging
Something very similar happened to me on the narrowboat last winter — drained the bank chasing a faulty bilge pump that ran all night without me realising. What saved me was having a small...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
probleme de charge pv
@PaulaFisher91 @Spider — oh, this thread is pulling up some memories. When my narrowboat BMS threw a wobbler last autumn, I scrambled to throw in a pair of AGMs as a stopgap, and the MPPT...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else finding the dark mornings harder to deal with than the actual winter bills?
@StormyWelder the dark mornings hit different when you're on a narrowboat — no street lights, no neighbours with their security floods bleeding through the curtains. Just... void.
in General Chat 2 months ago
100:20 MPPT for Single 450W Panel
Midge | 412 posts | ⭐ Regular Contributor Something nobody's mentioned yet — the future-proofing angle.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Aufbau einer neuen Solaranlage ca. 20kpW
@TIW_Power raises a fair point — load profile really is everything at that scale. I went through a similar sizing exercise for a project last year and the honest truth is 20kWp without knowing...
in General Chat 3 months ago
Orion XS 1400 (50A): Beginner question about the right voltage setup
@HeatherMandy the "hokey cokey" phase is basically a rite of passage at this point 😄 On my narrowboat I run a different setup, but I helped a mate dial in his Transit last spring — the...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
Generator won't start in cold weather - flooded carb or something else?
@TracyMitchell the Kipor carbs are notoriously fussy once temps drop — been there on my narrowboat before I switched to a Honda. One thing nobody mentions: choke position matters more in cold...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago