Muddy Nomad

Muddy Nomad

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From Languedoc. Learning about solar.

Languedoc, France Joined Mar 2024
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Victron Orion 30A keeps going into standby on long motorway runs — anyone else?
Really useful thread this. My situation's a bit different — the Orion lives in my shepherd's hut rather than a vehicle — but I went through similar head-scratching during testing when I was...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Venus OS 3.81 - BMS Connection lost
MuddyNomad | 156 posts | ⚡ Off-grid since 2021 @ForestDaz had this exact drama with my shepherd's hut setup — not on 3.81 but similar behaviour after a previous bump.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Microgrid - Insellösung im Anlagen - Verbund
@Glen1983 @FrankGibson — that creeping expansion is exactly how the shepherd's hut ended up becoming a proper little microgrid here.
in General Chat 1 week ago
Generator mit IT-Netz am Multiplus 2 im Inselbetrieb?
@BlownFuse raises a good point on the ground relay — that caught me out early on with my shepherd's hut build. When I first wired my Multiplus II to a little Honda genny, the ground relay...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Off grid bluetti ac500 with roof mount solar panels
@MarinePhil curious what pushed you over the line from the EB series trial — was it the expandability or the monitoring that sold you? For the shepherd's hut I went deep down the Victron rabbit...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Adding a mismatched battery to EG4 off-grid system
@JA_Solar was about to say the same thing — there's actually a middle path here that saved my shepherd's hut setup. I had a lone Fogstar Drift sat in the corner and rather than binning it or...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
MultiPlus-II stuck in "Bulk" with near-zero charge current after AC reconnect
@ExFarmer90 this rings a bell from when I was commissioning my shepherd's hut system last autumn. MultiPlus-II 24/3000 here too, and I had a similar ghost-bulk situation after a prolonged mains...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Mppt charging dead 48v
@BodgeItAndScarper raises a good point on wiring, but I'd add — check your battery temperature sensor if you're running one.
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 went full BBC cliffhanger on us there, but let me finish the story for him — because I lived this mistake in my shepherd's hut build before I got it right. Paralleling a 24V bank with a...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Node-RED flow to switch between 80% and 100% charge on a 24V lithium bank
@MandyGrant snap — I did almost exactly this for my shepherd's hut setup, though on a 12V bank. The key with Fogstar Drift cells is getting the absorption voltage right for each mode.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - faulty AVR or something else?
Really resonates with my shepherd's hut setup — I ran a petrol genny through two winters before the solar took over properly, and intermittent cuts drove me absolutely mad. One angle nobody seems...
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 100Ah leisure battery topped up over winter?
@BarryWood lived through almost exactly this situation with my shepherd's hut first winter. Even with panels pointing south at the optimal tilt, December felt brutal — not just the short days but...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their solar data, or is there a better option these days?
@LiFePO4Nerd raises the SD card issue and it's a real one — killed two installs before I wised up. Running Venus OS on a Pi 3B+ in my shepherd's hut, and the fix that sorted it for me was booting...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Meanwell SD-1000L-12 versus 2 Victron Orion-Tr 48/12 for RV 48v to 12v Conversion
MuddyNomad | 847 posts Been down this exact rabbit hole with my shepherd's hut — ended up on dual Orion-Trs and genuinely haven't looked back. One thing worth flagging from lived experience: the...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
VE.Bus Error 11, Step 0
Been chasing a gremlin in my shepherd's hut setup for the past fortnight and wondering if anyone else has hit the same wall. Running a Multiplus II 48/3000 with a 16s LiFePO4 pack and Fogstar...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago