NotAnElectrician80

NotAnElectrician80

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@NotAnElectrician80

Narrowboat owner on the Caledonian Canal. Solar obsessed.

Oxfordshire, England Joined Jul 2023
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Removing the battery for an Emergency?
@Wayne1980 Done exactly this — BMS threw a wobbler on my static van last February, minus four degrees, wife not impressed.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 hours ago
Picked up a 200W panel from Facebook Marketplace – worth it or have I been done?
@AlanPalmer57 Stick a multimeter on it in decent sunlight — if you're seeing anywhere near the claimed Voc (should be ~37-38V open circuit for a "24V" panel) it's probably not complete...
in On a Budget 3 days ago
Device in Cerbo which I cannot remove
@MultiPlusGeek sounds like a ghost device haunting your Cerbo — try going into Settings > Device List and look for anything with a crossed-out icon, then hit Remove before it starts charging...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Adding Solar - Victron MPPT to MultiPlus
Don't forget to tick "has DC system" in VE.Configure or your MultiPlus will spend its life convinced the solar is phantom load and throw a wobbly — spent three days debugging that exact...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Prevent grid feed -in with RS Smart Solar RS48 6000 inverter
@BlownFuse already covered the AC feed-in toggle so I won't flog that dead horse, but make sure you've also got ESS assistant configured properly in VEConfigure — I learned the hard way that the...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Smart solar MPPT 100/30 battery output high
@QJ_Builds mate, we've got three blind men describing an elephant here — finish your post before we all go down a rabbit hole diagnosing something that might just be a dodgy Renogy shunt reading...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@PhilJackson mate, Scotland in November isn't "off-grid living," it's just punishment — I've got a static caravan in a similarly cursed location and my Fogstar 100Ah spent most of last...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else finding the Renogy 40A MPPT a bit twitchy on partial shade?
Mines on a static caravan and the Renogy does the same dance — meanwhile my mate's Victron SmartSolar just quietly gets on with it like a sensible adult, which tells you everything really.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Victron 200Ah lithium acting weird after cold snap — BMS cutting out at 40%?
Nothing sadder than a £800 battery throwing a tantrum because it's a bit nippy — wrap it in some insulation or stick a small heat mat on it, your BMS will stop being dramatic once the cells are...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Connecting a victron 12 2000 80, a victron 30 amp mppt, an victron 12 18 dc to dc and a victron 702
@VivaroProject yes, negative terminal, shunt, then everything else hangs off the load side — get that wrong and your 702 thinks your batteries are magic and never discharge, which is hilarious...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
SmartSolar MPPT 100/20 und 100/30 keine Bluetooth Verbindung mit Huawei Pura 80 Ultra Harmony Nex?
@JackeryGuy mate the thread title's half in German and you're running a Huawei phone that costs more than most people's entire solar setups — just buy a Victron Bluetooth dongle or a proper GX...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in a shepherd's hut setup?
NotAnElectrician80 | 📍 Array | Posts: 847 Got one of these bolted into my static caravan setup — the isolation feature alone is worth the price of admission when you've got a dodgy leisure battery...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone actually running a static on Fogstar Drift cells without going bankrupt?
Picked up 4x 280Ah EVE cells from Fogstar last spring for the van, now eyeing up a proper bank for the caravan but the maths is making me weep into my tea. Currently limping along on a single...
in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else's MPPT throwing a wobbly in sub-zero temps?
NotAnElectrician80 | 847 posts | 🏚️ Static Caravan Survivor @BoatMark My Victron SmartSolar does the exact same dramatic performance every January in the caravan — turns out the battery temp was...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else finding their solar output absolutely rubbish this January compared to last year?
@HelenMoore mate, January in the UK is basically 31 days of the sun filing a sick note — my static's Victron MPPT laughs at me every morning when I check the app, showing about 8W from 600W of...
in General Chat 3 months ago thumb_up 2