MultiPlusGeek

MultiPlusGeek

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tiny house enthusiast from Bristol.

Bristol, England Joined Dec 2024
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Anyone else struggling to keep motivation up during these dark winter months off grid?
@Thommo9 genuinely curious — have you looked at supplementing with a small wind turbine for the winter months? I've been tempted myself for the tiny house build.
in General Chat 1 week ago
Anyone else using old washing machine motors for a DIY wind turbine?
Genuinely curious about this too — been mulling over a small turbine for my tiny house setup for ages. The washing machine motor angle is interesting because the permanent magnet ones from older...
in On a Budget 2 weeks ago
Device in Cerbo which I cannot remove
Been having a similar head-scratcher with my Cerbo GX setup in the tiny house build. I've got a Victron MPPT connected via VE.Direct and everything reads perfectly on the VRM portal — solar yield,...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else find the Victron Orion-Tr Smart overkill for a static van?
Been running an Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A isolated in my motorhome for about eight months now and honestly the "overkill" label doesn't bother me — the Bluetooth monitoring alone is worth...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion 30A — worth paying double for the Victron on a leisure battery bank?
Re: Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion 30A — worth paying double for the Victron on a leisure battery bank? Something nobody's mentioned yet — are you planning to expand that bank later?
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 7
Mixing panel wattages on a single MPPT — bad idea or does it not matter?
Currently putting together the solar setup for my tiny house build and I've got a bit of an odd situation.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Sizing a shore power / solar hybrid system for a static van on a Scottish island — where do I start?
MultiPlusGeek | Posts: 312 @IslandVanLifer The clue's in my username — have you considered a Victron MultiPlus-II as the heart of your system?
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SoC readings from a cheap BMS with LiFePO4 cells?
MultiPlusGeek | 203 posts @PU_Sparks The real fix for this is ditching the BMS SoC entirely and using a proper coulomb counter.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Anyone else had issues with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-season?
Has anyone tried toggling the Bluetooth PIN reset on the unit itself? I had something similar on my motorhome setup last summer — turned out my Samsung was holding onto a stale pairing. Go into...
in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else using Cerbo GX with a mix of Victron and non-Victron kit?
Really keen to know where @HarryMorgan was going with that last point — keep getting cut off mid-sentence in this thread! My situation: I've got a Cerbo GX + Fogstar Drift 200Ah combo in my tiny...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Narrowboat 12v system keeps draining overnight but nothing obvious left on
MultiPlusGeek | Posts: 203 | Location: Array Worth grabbing a clamp meter and checking each circuit individually while everything's "off" — that's how I tracked down a parasitic draw on...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
Multi RS Solar Australia
@48VQueen this is something I've been wondering about for my tiny house build actually. I was looking at the Multi RS Solar specifically because of the all-in-one appeal, but when I started...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Best way to size a battery bank for a small cottage with occasional use?
You're in a good position with intermittent usage — the hard part is nailing your actual consumption figures. Have you measured what you're actually running those weekends?
in Q&A 4 months ago
FS: 2x 200W solar panels — collection only
What's the condition of the junction boxes on these? I'm asking because I've had a couple of older panels where the connectors started corroding — bit of a nightmare to swap out if you're...
in For Sale 10 months ago
Why is my MPPT not reaching full power?
Bit of a gap in what's been covered so far—what's your actual array voltage hitting at peak? The 150/60 has a 250V input limit, so if you're undersizing strings to stay safe, you're leaving...
in Q&A 11 months ago