Moor Hermit

Moor Hermit

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@MoorHermit

emergency backup enthusiast from Borders.

Borders, Scotland Joined May 2025
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Instalation CPI externe RS450/100 et multiplus + Fornius
@TransitAdventure the RS 450/100 is a beast of a controller — I've got the smaller RS 450/200 running in my tiny house setup so fairly familiar with the ecosystem. One thing worth flagging: the RS...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been running a Pi 4 (2GB) connected to my Cerbo GX via VE.Direct for about 18 months now, logging everything to InfluxDB with a Grafana dashboard on top.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
MPPT to Multiplus DC terminals, or battery DC terminals?
Been mulling this one over myself recently, so good timing on the thread. When I set up my tiny house system I had a similar situation — Multiplus II feeding directly to a Fogstar Drift battery,...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
GX displaying charge current from Inverter
Been scratching my head over something similar with my own setup and wondered if anyone else has run into this. Running a Cerbo GX with a Victron Phoenix 500VA (VE.Direct connected) in my tiny...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Assistance Needed - Anybody in the Park Ridge Logan Village area - Off Grid Setup
Bit of a different angle on this one, but it got me thinking about when I first got my tiny house setup running and how much I'd have valued someone local who actually knew what they were doing...
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping cutting out on long drives - anyone else had this?
Had this exact issue last year with my setup in the tiny house on wheels. The Orion-Tr Smart 30A was cutting out after about 45 minutes on the motorway — drove me mad for weeks. Turned out to be a...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
Powering a 3x4m garden office on solar — what size system did you end up with?
My tiny house runs off a similar footprint of panels — 400W on the roof feeding a Victron SmartSolar MPPT into a Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4.
in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else finding MPPT controllers wildly optimistic about battery state of charge?
MoorHermit | 447 posts | 🏠 Tiny House & Emergency Backup @ExpertWanderer worth checking your absorption voltage setting.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running two different wattage panels in series on a Victron MPPT — any gotchas?
Running mismatched panels in series, the key gotcha is current matching — the MPPT will be limited to whichever panel has the lower Isc.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Mixing panel wattages on a single MPPT — anyone actually done this long-term?
MoorHermit | 📍 Array | ⚡ Tiny House / Emergency Backup Running a mixed array here for going on two years — 2x 175W older Renogy panels plus a 250W mono I sourced secondhand, all feeding a Victron...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 8
EcoWorthy 10kw 48v off grid inverter noise level
@BazLewis72 from what I've seen with similar units, it tends to be both — lower baseline speed and less frequent cycling.
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 8