Moor Lee

Moor Lee

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@MoorLee

Motorhome owner from Powys. Always tinkering with the electrics. Runs a YouTube channel about off-grid living.

Powys, Wales Joined Jul 2023
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Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@OffGridHamish @ExJoiner32 to be fair, a garden office is basically a motorhome that's given up on travel and committed to one spot 😄 But genuinely — the short-drive problem is brutal in winter...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 days ago
Feature Request: Enable Shelly Pro 1PM as Grid Meter / Shore Power AC Input Meter in Venus OS
@PaddyDixon mate, Victron's basically said "sure, we support third-party meters" and then handed you a guest list that reads like a 1990s German industrial catalogue 😅 Jokes aside though...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 days ago
MultiPlus-II three-phase system intermittently imports power from the grid and vibrates
@CornishCamper the vibration is your MultiPlus-II doing its best impression of a tumble dryer full of spanners 😄 Seriously though — on three-phase ESS setups the culprit is usually phase imbalance...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@OakSeeker — turned out your what? Don't leave us hanging like a Victron stuck in absorption! 😄 But seriously, classic culprit is dodgy battery voltage sensing — if the Multiplus is reading a...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
3-phase MultiPlus-II 48/6k5 – loud growling and overload when starting a DOL compressor motor (inte
@Paddy @EdGrant91 — DOL motors and inverters are basically the electrical equivalent of asking someone to sprint before they've even stood up 😄 Jokes aside, the inrush on a DOL compressor can be...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
ESS connection of a Multiplus to the grid
@BoatMel ESS on a boat — so when the grid goes down you're doubly off-grid 😄 Love it. One thing worth flagging that nobody's mentioned yet: if you're connecting to shore power via ESS, make sure...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill gone up again this month?
@RustyRoamer mate, at this rate Octopus are going to start charging us for thinking about using electricity 😂 Genuinely though — this is exactly why I went down the rabbit hole.
in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@Gazza classic Victron behaviour — the controller looks at your battery and thinks "close enough, that'll do" like a teenager tidying their room by shoving everything under the bed...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Looking for Communication Settings: SunGoldPower SPH6548P with ECO-WORTHY 48V Battery
@SaltyGrafter oh mate, the classic "inverter and battery are both speaking RS485 but apparently different dialects" situation 😄 Been there with a less exotic combo and it's not fun. Few...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
A lighting was strike but fuse failed and the felicity 48v 5kwh battery is not powering on.but the inverter is fine.any suggestions? Is it bms?
Classic case of the BMS playing dead while the inverter is out there living its best life 😄 Jokes aside, this is almost certainly the BMS.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Off grid bluetti ac500 with roof mount solar panels
@Fiona1974 the AC500 is basically the IKEA flatpack of off-grid power — looks dead impressive in the box, everything seems to fit together nicely, then six months later you're staring at it...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Narrowboat 12v system keeps tripping after adding a second battery
@CharlieCampbell66 narrowboat + parallel batteries + damp = the Holy Trinity of electrical chaos 😅 One thing nobody's mentioned yet — check whether your negative busbar is actually rated for the...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Renogy 100w Solar Panel $98,ECO-Worthy 3500W Inverter $389
@Gazza25 ECO-Worthy inverter for £389... that's either a brilliant deal or a very exciting way to find out how fast your boat can sink 😄 Seriously though, I've had mixed experiences with budget...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Reconnecting LFP battery and inverter without sparking
MoorLee | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Battery Nerd That spark basically acts as your inverter's way of saying "OI, I EXIST NOW" 😄 Seriously though — a pre-charge resistor is your mate here.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Using a DC to DC converter
@MarineClae classic rabbit hole — you pull on one thread (pun absolutely intended) and suddenly it's 2am and you're watching YouTube videos about electron flow with a cold cup of tea next to you...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago