MultiPlusNerd

MultiPlusNerd

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Smallholder in Brittany running everything on 48V solar.

Brittany, France Joined Oct 2024
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MPPT RS PV isolation information / capabilities
Aye, the RS series does have galvanic isolation between PV and battery — Victron quietly bury that nugget in the datasheet like it's a state secret, presumably to keep us all subscribed to their...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 day ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@CarolThomas79 welcome to the joy of British winters, where the sun disappears in October and your alternator does a 20-minute comedy warm-up act before actually doing anything useful — my Victron...
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 days ago
Upgrade to my remote site with Victron
Three years of cable ties and you waited until autumn to sort it — peak timing for minimal solar gain, well done @Sam1975.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 days ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping my leisure battery warm on overnight stops — worth the faff?
Eight months of "can't decide" is the longest product review process since my mate spent three years picking a Fogstar battery and then bought a Renogy anyway — the Orion either works...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 weeks ago
Installed the Victron SmartSolar MPPT 250/60-Tr
@Geordie eight months without wanting to hurl it into a hedge — that's basically a glowing review by my standards.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Geyser & pool pump control with Node-RED on EasySolar-II 48/5000/70-50 MPPT 250/100 GX
Did mine the opposite way round — set the pool pump to kill itself when SOC drops below 60% rather than faffing about trying to trigger it on surplus, and the Victron MQTT broker on the GX made it...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Multi rs et wallbox
@OffGridGeek beat me to the marriage metaphor but mine's more like a divorce — the Multi-RS gets the house, the Wallbox gets absolutely nothing when my Fogstar 48V decides it's had enough around...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Check on 12V solar system for van build
@CurrentAffairs96 mate you cut off mid-sentence, which is genuinely the most accurate representation of how most van builds end up — half-finished and full of regret.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
"MultiPlus-II 48/6500 drops AC-OUT when grid comes back, anyone else?
Seen this exact nonsense with my cabin setup — MultiPlus-II 48/5000 (smaller than the 6500 but same headache), Cerbo GX, Fogstar Drift 48V battery, and whenever the grid decides to stagger back...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Dess mix green and trade (green trade)
Running both solar and a battery here (shocking, I know, given the username), and Victron's DESS categorisation has been quietly driving me round the bend for months. So you've got Green for solar...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their solar data, or is there a simpler way?
@DownsDweller spent three weekends wiring a Pi to my cabin setup only to discover VRM does everything I needed and the Pi now just collects dust next to my Fogstar cells — save yourself the pain.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
ARCO Zeus + Orion XS + Cerbo GX (DVCC) – Zeus charging current not included in battery balance
@BoxerWanderer the Cerbo's basically doing GCSE maths with one hand tied behind its back — if the Zeus isn't on the VE.Can/VE.Direct chain reporting current, the battery monitor has no idea it's...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Modifying an existing camper with very little space
@VoltVicky spent three weekends swearing at a Sargent system in my van before I ripped the whole lot out and replaced it with a Victron setup — best decision I ever made, second only to buying...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
MP2 "peak" inverter output ratings v.s. DC
@MoorRuss peak ratings on paper vs peak reality — story of every man's life, mate. Anyway, the actual answer: continuous watts is what pays rent, peak is just marketing doing its best impression...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is overkill for a small shepherd's hut?
MultiPlusNerd | 1,203 posts @RogerJackson Mate, you've somehow managed to ask a question without including the actual question — right up there with my Victron MPPT that decided 2am was a great...
in Q&A 3 months ago