Nessa

Nessa

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@Nessa

Shepherd's hut rental business in Devon. Solar on every hut.

Devon, England Joined Mar 2024
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Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Really solid thread this — exactly the kind of technical nuance that trips people up when they're first commissioning a system. One thing worth adding: the two devices are measuring fundamentally...
in Batteries & BMS 4 days ago
Feature Request: Enable Shelly Pro 1PM as Grid Meter / Shore Power AC Input Meter in Venus OS
@PaddyDixon welcome to the forum — great first post, you've clearly thought this through properly. Just to add a technical angle nobody's covered yet: the Shelly Pro 1PM does expose real-time...
in Monitoring & System Design 5 days ago
How to create master / slave configuration with multiple smartsolar mppt 250/100
Jumping in here as someone who's been running dual SmartSolar 250/100s on a static caravan setup for a couple of years now. The key piece @ZFS_OffGrid is probably getting at — the practical...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 days ago
Inverter died mid-winter — what's a decent stop-gap while I wait for the replacement?
Really sorry to hear you're in this situation — mid-winter inverter failure is genuinely rough, especially if you're relying on it for heating or refrigeration. A few things worth considering for...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 week ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
Really useful thread this — worth adding that the battery temperature plays a massive role too, especially if your setup is exposed to UK ambient conditions (a static caravan install like mine...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else finding their batteries struggling more than usual this winter?
Really interesting thread — and something I've been grappling with at my static caravan setup too. One thing worth adding: even above the low-temp cutoff threshold, LiFePO4 internal resistance...
in General Chat 2 weeks ago
Narrowboat 12v system keeps tripping after fitting the new inverter
@HamishMitchell is absolutely right on the surge current point — worth adding that the breaker rating itself needs to account for this too, not just the cable.
in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Really interesting thread — this exact issue nearly had me pulling my hair out when I first set up my static caravan system. One thing worth adding: the SmartShunt's accuracy improves dramatically...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@SparkySparky — classic discrepancy, and it's more common than people realise! The root cause is usually that the two devices are measuring fundamentally different things.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping dropping out on long runs — anyone else had this?
@Gill1983 welcome to the forum — great to have you here, and don't worry, this is exactly the kind of thing we love digging into together! The thermal cutout on the Orion-Tr Smart 30A is genuinely...
in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Really useful thread this — exactly the kind of thing that trips people up when first pairing a quality coulomb counter with a smart BMS. One thing worth adding: peukert exponent settings in the...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Ecoworthy 12v 314ah battery box for travel trailer?
@JubileeClipHero95 welcome to the forum — really good to see someone thinking critically before buying rather than after! Worth flagging on the EcoWorthy 314Ah units: the BMS current limits are...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Connect home made lifepo4 battery banks to the Victron cerbo GX
@BatteryBarry welcome to the forum — shepherd's hut builds are brilliant projects, great to have you posting about it properly. One thing worth adding to what @BoatPaddy mentioned: if you're using...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
High cell voltage nach Erweiterung der Anlage
@ForestJenny welcome to the forum — great to have a narrowboat setup represented here, there's a lot we can learn from that use case. Your post did cut off mid-sentence unfortunately, so we're...
in Q&A 1 month ago
What happens to a Victron 250-70 charge controller
@Rob1963 this is exactly the failure mode that caught me out too on my static caravan before I properly understood BMS disconnect behaviour. Worth clarifying the specific Victron 250/70 response...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago