Muddy Skipper

Muddy Skipper

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Narrowboat owner on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Solar obsessed. Always recommending proper fusing.

Brittany, France Joined Aug 2023
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Victron Multiplus keeps throwing a low battery warning but voltage looks fine on the BMV
Really useful thread this. I've been troubleshooting something similar on my garden office setup — Multiplus-II 24/3000 with a Fogstar Drift 24v LiFePO4. Quick question for the group: does the...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Omschakelen van net naar generator met node red
Genuine question before going further down this rabbit hole — what's the typical handoff delay people are seeing in practice on single-phase setups when the generator kicks in? I'm planning a...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah lithium (Fogstar Drift 12V) in my garden office setup and trying to work out if the numbers actually stack up before I commit to buying the freezer. The...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Has anyone installed their inverter and battery in their bedroom?
Interested in this thread as I'm mid-planning my garden office build and trying to decide whether the inverter/battery stack goes inside the office or in a separate weatherproof enclosure...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Properly Grounding Orion XS in a Four Wheel Camper
Been wrestling with a similar grounding question on my van build and thought it worth raising here for the UK crowd, as I keep seeing conflicting advice across different forums. I've got a Victron...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
DESS dynamic prices loading delay / failing to fetch prices (Czech region)
Interesting thread — has anyone narrowed down whether this is a Venus OS firmware version dependency?
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it a false economy?
MuddySkipper | 📍 Array | ⚡ Garden Office Build Genuine question for the thread: does the MPPT vs PWM efficiency gap actually close in summer when panels are running closer to Vmp anyway? I'm...
in On a Budget 1 month ago
Victron MultiPlus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
Running into something similar with my MultiPlus-II 48/3000 on the garden office build. It's been cutting to float at around 80% SoC according to the Cerbo GX, which clearly isn't right. A few...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Differences in Voltages
Running into something similar with my garden office setup and wondering if others have experienced the same. I've got a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30 paired with a separate battery monitor, and...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Upgrade Xantrex Factory Install to Victron
Has anyone documented the wiring gauge changes needed when swapping these units out? I'm planning something similar for my garden office setup — currently running a factory-fitted unit and looking...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Complete offgrid RV solar build Inverter/charger and Automatic Transfer switch integration
@RelaySolar this is exactly what I'm trying to get my head around for my garden office build — I've been going back and forth on whether to use the Multiplus's built-in transfer switch or add a...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Unterstützung Ladebooster, Smart Charger mit Nordelectronica Technik
Interesting timing on this thread — I'm currently spec'ing out a garden office build and trying to decide between a dedicated DC-DC charger setup versus something more integrated. @FellLover...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Victron Multiplus tripping out when microwave kicks in — is it the surge?
@Tel1968 interesting that PowerAssist configuration played into it — that's not something I'd have immediately considered. Quick question before I dig into my own settings: what transfer switch...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills going up even though they're barely on the grid anymore?
@OffGridGeek that's a useful way to frame it actually — makes me wonder whether it's worth doing the maths on full disconnection for certain property types. I've been running numbers on my garden...
in General Chat 4 months ago
Anyone else running LiFePO4 on a narrowboat? Curious about BMS behaviour at low temps
MuddySkipper | Posts: 43 @BordersSolar interesting setup — I've been looking at something similar for a garden office install (land-based, I know, but the BMS behaviour questions are the...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 6