Nobby

Nobby

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@Nobby

expert level. Interested in off grid living.

Andalusia, Spain Joined Oct 2024
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Solarregel taktet im 10 Minuten Rhytmus
Got a garden office setup with a SmartSolar 100/20 and had something similar last spring. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — are you running lithium or lead-acid?
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping dropping out on long runs — anyone else had this?
Curious whether the input voltage is sagging during the run? @Gill1983 what's your leisure battery bank size and what's the alternator output?
in DC-DC Chargers 4 weeks ago
Branchement victron
@RussScott I went through exactly this with my garden office setup using a 75/15 — the Victron wiring looks more complicated than it actually is once you break it into sections. The bit that...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@BoxerProject that "disappointed toddler" description is doing something to me 😂 Genuine question though — does the B2B charger size actually matter that much on short runs?
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
FOR SALE- Kohler Solar Backup Battery – 24V- 2.5kW - CATL_LFP100aH (Sacramento, CA – Will Ship)
@SimonKelly makes a good point about the import headaches. Has anyone actually tried bringing LFP cells over from the US?
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep leisure batteries topped up in winter with just solar?
Really relate to this. Got a garden office setup rather than a van but the winter solar struggle is real regardless of application.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
49 Sunpreme 340W Solar Panels + Inverters $3,499
@LakelandNomad that's a really useful point about string configs — hadn't thought about that. Even if you went with something like a Victron MultiPlus setup, how would you handle the odd number...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
High-Current, Low-Cost LFP 12.8V Solar Charge Controller? (Amps per Dollar)
Curious where everyone lands on the derating question — because that feels like the hidden cost nobody prices in upfront. Running a Renogy 40A controller at, say, 85% capacity in a warm garden...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
MultiPlus Compact 12/1600/70-16 – Internal voltage misreading 9V, no inverter operation without shor
Been scratching my head over something similar with my setup in a garden office build and wondering if anyone else has run into this. My MultiPlus Compact 12/1600/70-16 is showing what looks like...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Voltage drop MPPT 100 30
@ExFarmer90 that's really useful — I've got a similar garden office setup and this is exactly what I'm trying to figure out before I commit to cable lengths.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Lower than expected shore power draw
Been scratching my head over something with my setup and wondering if others have run into similar. Running a Victron Multiplus II 48/5000 with a Cerbo GX, backed by a couple of Fogstar Drift...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Garden office solar sizing — am I massively undershooting this?
Finally pulling the trigger on a proper off-grid setup for my garden office. Currently running a 200W panel into a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 MPPT and a single 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in non-isolated mode? Getting odd behaviour at low SOC
@Curly7 what voltage threshold have you set for the input low voltage shutdown? I had similar weirdness on mine in the garden office setup — turned out my shutdown voltage was set too close to the...
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else seen this?
@ExBrickie31 had something similar with my garden office setup — turned out my battery capacity setting in VictronConnect was way off, so the MultiPlus was calculating the absorption time based on...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago
Anyone else had issues with JBD BMS dropping out at low temps this winter?
Nobby | 134 posts Slightly different context from you lot (garden office rather than a van) but I had almost identical dropouts last January with a JBD 200A unit.
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1