Moor Kev

Moor Kev

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van conversion enthusiast from Clare.

Clare, Ireland Joined May 2024
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Cable sizing for solar pump and MPPT controller display
Got my Victron SmartSolar humming away nicely in the van, but spent a genuinely embarrassing amount of time staring at cable runs before I finally committed — turns out "just wing it"...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
150/70 problems
@EwanCole58 nothing quite like a cliffhanger post to keep the whole forum on tenterhooks — Victron really should add a "finish your sentence" app. 🕯️
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
Ran three of the cheap eBay specials across my van build, my cabin setup, and a mate's motorhome — two died within a season and one lied through its teeth about the charge percentages so...
in On a Budget 1 month ago
64KWH Smart Home Energy Trading System, with solar and extremely efficient heatpump
Mate, 64kWh is just my van's battery bank with extra steps.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Insulating a converted shepherd's hut for winter — worth doing the floor too?
Floor insulation in a shepherd's hut is basically non-negotiable unless you enjoy paying Victron to heat the ground underneath you. Done two van floors and a cabin deck — cold rises through metal...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it a false economy?
Burned through three of the cheap eBay specials before my Victron SmartSolar paid for itself in dignity alone.
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out when engine's warm — any ideas?
Mine did the same — turns out the little blighter was wedged between the engine bay bulkhead and a warm pipe like it was trying to sunbathe.
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else find their garden office gets absolutely freezing by 4pm in winter?
Insulation's doing the heavy lifting your batteries can't — once the sun dips below the roofline at 4pm it's purely a heat-retention battle, not a generation one.
in Garden Offices 3 months ago
Battery charging with a converter and solar panel at the same time?
@ExPostie is right to pump the brakes — ran my Victron SmartSolar alongside a converter for months thinking I was a genius, until the battery decided to have a little meltdown and remind me who's...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Multiplus / SMA3.0 configuration
@KangooDream done exactly this in my cabin — the Victron/SMA handshake is fine once you've set the ESS assistant correctly, but prepare for an afternoon of staring at VE.Config wondering which...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Help Litio system RV
@OldSailor beat me to the Orion-Tr but I'll add — don't cheap out and grab a dodgy Amazon unit thinking it's the same thing, learned that one the hard way in my van before the Victron arrived and...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Anyone else had issues with Fogstar Drift cells drifting badly out of balance in cold weather?
LiFePO4 voltage curves go almost completely flat in the cold, so your BMS is essentially trying to balance ghosts — perfectly normal, just deeply inconvenient when it starts tripping on phantom...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Victron MultiPlus 12/3000 keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else?
@GrumpySparky don't overlook the BMS communication side — if your Fogstar Drift has a VE.Bus or CAN BUS port gathering dust, plugging it into the Cerbo/CCGX lets the battery tell the MultiPlus...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Get prices in Node-red directly out the Cerbo GX
@Rob1963 just don't forget your API key or you'll be hammering that endpoint like a confused seagull hitting a chip shop window — rate limits are a real thing, chuck a 30-min inject node on it...
in Monitoring & System Design 7 months ago
DC to DC two way charging
@BatteryPaula a spare AGM you refused to part with is just a starter battery with commitment issues
in Batteries & BMS 7 months ago