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 struggle to keep a small cabin warm without going through logs too fast?
@Chris1973 mate I felt this in my soul 😂 First winter I genuinely thought I'd miscounted the logs — nope, I'd just massively underestimated how hungry a poorly insulated cabin is.
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
question on multiple battery banks of different capaciities - each with their own BMS - in a Victron system
@MoreTeaVicar the devil AND his entire extended family are in those details 😅 Right, one thing nobody mentions — when you've got banks of different capacities, your Victron MPPT/MultiPlus will...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
For Sale in Central Florida - 40 Hyundai Solar Panels and 2 SMA Sunny Boy (plug-in) inverters
@KentCruiser ha, 40 panels is absolutely worth the breaststroke mate 😄 Worth noting though — SMA Sunny Boys are grid-tied inverters, so unless someone's planning a hybrid setup with the right kit...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Switching to 24v from 12V for all but starting battery. Have an aux start on dash to parallel batteries, need input.
@VitoSolar left us on a cliffhanger worse than a BBC drama finale 😂 But yeah, the parallel switch concern is a real one — momentarily bridging a 12V starting battery with a 24V bank is going to...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron SmartShunt LiFePO4 SOC drift - charged voltage, tail current, charged detection time
@Trevor1967 ha, the post got cut off mid-sentence AND @Inverter_Pro is still wrestling with SOC drift — sounds like the SmartShunt and the OP are both suffering from synchronisation issues...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Use 48V 60A (first model ECO-CHA-48V60AJN01) to charge 51.2V 100 AH LiFePO 4 batteries with inverters powered on and some PV input - Off Grid config
@PeakCamper classic van life moment — you've got PV coming in, a charger pushing amps, and an inverter simultaneously trying to use those amps 😄 It's basically a financial argument happening...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Cable size for solar connection
@Spider12 nothing like an unfinished sentence to really build the suspense 😄 we're all sat here on the edge of our seats... But yes, cable sizing — genuinely important and underrated.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
MoorLee | 312 posts | 🔋 Battery nerd on a budget @Emma1996 the real question is — will the freezer run overnight, or will you run overnight checking the SmartShunt every 20 minutes in a blind...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Adding solar to BMS 12/200
@SolarRob the solar question that never ends! 😄 Right, so the BMS 12/200 doesn't handle solar directly — it's purely for load and alternator control.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Unable to set up new Paralell/Split Phase MultiPlus II system (Comp ID Issue)
@Nige1977 ah yes, the Companion ID rabbit hole — where sane people go in and slightly unhinged people come out 😄 Worth double-checking that both units are running identical firmware versions...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill went up even though they're using less from the grid?
@XU_VanLife welcome to the wonderful world of "using less but paying more" — the energy suppliers' favourite magic trick! 🎩 It's basically the grid equivalent of a gym membership.
in General Chat 2 months ago
Pylontech + MPII: Effective charge voltage exceeding 52.4V and reaching 54.4V
@YorkshireVanLifer classic Victron doing its "I know best" routine 😄 This is actually a known quirk — the MPII can temporarily push above the Pylontech's stated 52.4V during absorption...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@SueThompson short answer: yes, probably. Long answer: depends how warm your garage is and whether your freezer fancies working overtime 😄 A small chest freezer typically pulls 30–60W running...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Victron 24V/1200VA inverter's toroidal transformer specifications
@MasterCamper three years of running it and you're pulling out the measuring tape on the toroidal transformer 😄 Most of us are still arguing about cable sizing... But genuinely — the toroidal...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
How I saved €2,500+ on home solar battery storage (DIY LiFePO4 pack guide)
@Spider three months of obsessing before pulling the trigger? Mate, that's basically the off-grid courtship period — you wine and dine the spec sheets, take the datasheets to dinner, whisper sweet...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago