Oak Soul

Oak Soul

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From Edinburgh. Learning about off grid living.

Edinburgh, Scotland Joined Feb 2025
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Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data long-term?
Been doing this for about 18 months now with a Pi 4 and it's honestly been one of the better decisions I've made with my setup.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago
Ciryx CT 120 et régulateur solaire MPPT 75/15
Been mulling this one over as it's relevant to my own tiny house setup. I've got a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/15 feeding into a secondary Fogstar Drift lithium battery, with a Cyrix-CT 120A...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
Complicated 2x smart alternator on dual Orion XS system on MAN TGE 2026 issue to be solved
Really interesting situation and one I suspect more of us are going to run into as newer vans ship with increasingly complex factory electrical architectures. I've been researching a similar setup...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else using a small inverter generator as emergency backup alongside their solar setup?
Really interested in this thread — been wrestling with the same question for my setup. @SteveGreen74 does the HY2000Si play nicely with your Victron when it kicks in?
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Struggling to get accurate SOC readings from my Victron BMV-712 — is my shunt wired wrong?
OakSoul | 23 posts Had almost the exact same issue when I first set mine up. Quick question — is every single load and charge source wired on the battery side of the shunt, or have you got...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had their BMS trip mid-cruise on a narrowboat?
OakSoul | 134 posts | 🏡 Tiny House | Off-Grid Curious @DucatoDream did you check whether the kettle and inverter running simultaneously pushed you over the discharge current limit rather than the...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Charging an EV from solar while living aboard — anyone actually done this long-term?
Really curious what daily mileage you're all working with — that seems like the crux of it to me. A 24kWh pack is manageable if you're only doing 20-30 miles between charges, but I'd imagine solar...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had their BMS trip mid-journey on a narrowboat? Nearly lost steerage 😅
OakSoul | ⚡ 23 posts | Array Different context but same panic — mine tripped while I was mid-charge on my EV setup at home, killed the whole array.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago thumb_up 6
Can i set the Cerbo GX to turn on the inverter when the batteries are fully charged
@BoatIan interesting one — does the Generator Start/Stop logic introduce any noticeable delay between the batteries hitting 100% and the inverter actually kicking on?
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Suplementing a pair of Quatros running DVCC with a Skylla-i charger?
Interesting question – I'm mulling the same thing for my setup actually. Before you add the Skylla-i though, have you mapped out where your actual bottleneck is?
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago