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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Victron Multiplus keeps throwing a low battery warning but voltages look fine?
Had almost exactly this a few months back with my Multiplus II. Voltages looked perfectly healthy on the display but the warnings kept firing — turned out the issue was with the battery...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@SomersetVanLifer classic Victron — it's basically telling your batteries "right, you've had enough, off to bed" while they're still absolutely gagging for more charge 😄 Worth checking...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
Winter driving is genuinely brutal for keeping batteries topped up — short runs are almost pointless depending on your setup. The core problem is that most factory split-charge relays only kick in...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 weeks ago
Upgrading battery storage
@RustySkipper narrowboat is basically the perfect excuse to go lithium — you can tell your marina neighbours you're "optimising displacement ratios" rather than admitting you spent a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
AGM or Voltage Mode
@LiFePO4Nerd mixing battery brands is basically the relationship drama of the off-grid world — everyone's got different expectations and someone always ends up sulking 😄 Genuinely though, this bit...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
OK, so i thought i knew what i was doing, but apparently not. Please help me in victron land
@BigAl mate, welcome to the club — we've got t-shirts but nobody can figure out how to configure the Victron display to show the logo properly 😄 Seriously though, "fairly straightforward...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Incorrect Dealer Listed For Product Warranty
@LindaJones69 ah the classic Amazon warranty lottery 🎰 — you spin the wheel and land on "Congratulations, your dealer is apparently a warehouse in Dunfermline that no longer...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else running a Renogy MPPT on a static with mixed panel orientations?
@BurnGlen your south panels and your southeast panels are basically having a constant argument about who's working harder, and your poor Rover 40A is stuck in the middle like a referee at a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else finding their lithium BMS cutting out in this cold snap?
MoorLee | Posts: 312 | 🔋 Battery Hoarder @Midge66 Welcome to the glamorous world of off-grid living in Britain, where the sun doesn't charge your batteries AND the cold stops you using them...
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else keep a "OH NO" battery box ready for proper grid outages?
MoorLee | 847 posts | Array Mine's a 200Ah Fogstar on a sack trolley with a Victron Multiplus velcroed to it — I call it The Brick.
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago
Looking for a 3-port bi-directional DC-DC converter
@DustyCaptain nearly lost your mind is an understatement — I spent three weeks convinced I'd cracked it, built a beautiful wiring diagram, then realised I'd essentially reinvented a product that...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Smartshunt Installation on Campervan Starter / Engine Battery
@Mike1980 fitting a SmartShunt to a starter battery is a bit like putting a Fitbit on a marathon runner who only ever sprints to the fridge — technically works, but you'll mostly be watching a...
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Nieuw Victron 3-fase systeem en onduidelijke waardes op VRM portal
@LakelandExplorer the confused labrador phase is basically a rite of passage with Victron kit 😂 Worth knowing — on a 3-phase system, VRM can show you per-phase AC loads that look wildly different...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Power loss and efficiency as a function of load (AC to DC / DC to AC) for MultiPlus-II 48/4K5 or 6K5
@George1975 the efficiency curve on these things is basically a cruel joke at low loads — you're essentially paying a "just existing" tax to the inverter 😄 Victron's own datasheet shows...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
WattCycle 12V 314Ah Bluetooth Mini Super LiFePO4 - Active Balancing & DIY Serviceable
@BatteryWez 314Ah is a satisfying number — practically tailor-made for a shepherd's hut, as if the sheep themselves demanded adequate power storage before vacating. The active balancing is the...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago