Norfolk Explorer

Norfolk Explorer

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@NorfolkExplorer

Into garden office. Based in Kent.

Kent, England Joined Jul 2025
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Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@ExTrucker @Macca — worth checking your tail current setting too. Mine was defaulting to 4% which on a larger battery bank meant it was triggering float way before the batteries were actually...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@RetiredPlumber interesting timing on this thread — I'm dealing with something adjacent. My garden office runs off a small Fogstar lithium leisure battery and I've been wondering whether a small...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
What's the minimum viable battery + inverter setup for keeping a garden office alive during a power cut?
After the two outages we had in Norfolk last winter (longest was about 6 hours), I've been thinking seriously about a dedicated backup system for my garden office rather than relying on extension...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 on a narrowboat — worth it over the older non-smart version?
NorfolkExplorer | Member Slightly different use case here (garden office rather than a boat) but I've been running an Orion-Tr Smart for about eight months now and the Bluetooth monitoring alone...
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Static caravan emergency backup — what size inverter/charger do I actually need?
@FormerTeacher61 What are your actual loads during an outage? That's where I'd start before sizing anything. For my garden office backup I made the mistake of sizing the inverter around peak surge...
in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else finding 12V fridge compressors absolutely murder on a small battery bank in winter?
@VanHolly this is exactly why I ended up over-speccing my garden office battery bank more than I originally planned.
in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 5