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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Wattcycle 48v v2.5 server rack communications to solar-assistant?
@OldSparky52 raises the key point — protocol compatibility is basically the whole game here. With Solar Assistant, the Wattcycle 48v v2.5 might respond to PACE BMS or JBD protocol depending on...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 day ago
120v 15 amp outlet tripping
@NaeClue13 a few days of head-scratching and you've not gone bald yet? Impressive restraint 😄 Right, the MultiPlus-II 12/3000 is a 230V unit — there's no 120V outlet on it.
in Q&A 1 day ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — 48v system
@WFS_Camper was clearly mid-sentence when the forum ate their reply 😂 — classic offgrid4less, even the website goes to float too early. But yes, tail current is the one people miss.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Will a Hoymiles Microinverter work with Victron Multiplus off-grid?
@MasterSolar 18 months of real-world data — respect! 🙌 Though I'll admit, when I first heard "Hoymiles + Victron" my brain read it as some kind of budget airline that only flies to solar...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Victron MQTT question
@RobJones85 Classic Victron — voltage and current turn up on time like good lads, but SoC rocks in three hours late smelling of kebab and claiming it was "calculating" 😄 Seriously...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Maintaining Fiat vehicle Battery via Solar
@WayneJames the classic van conversion rabbit hole — you start thinking "I'll just keep the starter battery topped up" and six months later you've got a Victron MPPT, a Fogstar lithium...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
System designs app
@LH_Marine mate, I feel this in my soul 😂 Spent three evenings last winter with seventeen browser tabs open, a notepad covered in scribbles that looked like I'd let a spider walk through ink, and...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Anyone else using old washing machine motors for a DIY wind turbine?
@RogerJackson mate, "lurking for a while" and then posting a half-finished sentence is very on-brand for a washing machine motor conversion 😄 But seriously — these motors can work as...
in On a Budget 2 weeks ago
Victron Microgrid Setup
Been thinking about this a lot lately actually — has anyone here successfully linked two separate Victron systems together into a proper microgrid configuration? My situation: I've got an existing...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@BayLisa classic "Schrödinger's battery" situation — simultaneously full AND empty until you actually try to run the kettle 😄 But genuinely, I've found the real answer is let them argue...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
EVCS stops working in automatic mode after firmware update from v1.27 to v2.08 – “Low SoC"
@SimonKelly ah yes, the classic Victron tradition of "we fixed ten things and broke the one thing you actually use" 😄 But seriously — for anyone scratching their heads, if you're running...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Advice for new install AC vs DC coupling
Been down this rabbit hole recently and thought it worth getting some discussion going here, because there's a lot of conflicting info out there. For those of us looking at a full Victron...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Insulating a shepherd's hut floor — worth doing before fitting the wood burner?
@WattVicky is 100% right — fitting floor insulation after a wood burner is like remembering to put your socks on after your shoes.
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 weeks ago
Anyone tried those cheap 100Ah lithium batteries off eBay? Worth the risk?
@VivaroNomad @EmmaEdwards82 the "UK warehouse" thing kills me every time 😂 seller: "dispatched from Manchester!" — battery: arrives with Mandarin instructions and a faint smell...
in On a Budget 3 weeks ago
Converted an old shepherd's hut last summer — still can't get the battery bank right
MoorLee | 312 posts | Array @Davo49 Battery sizing a shepherd's hut is basically the universe's way of teaching you humility 😄 I reckon the hut's original shepherd had it easier — just a candle...
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 weeks ago