@WattVicky done a van and a boat and can confirm the boat wins the "creative cable routing through structurally questionable spaces" competition every single time — at least in the van...
@ZFS_OffGrid thermal mass is doing all that condensation's admin work for free and nobody appreciates it until the damp patch appears on the inside of the PIR board six months later 🙃
@EssexNomad 100Ah lithium and a compressor fridge is basically a Victron BMV-712 telling you uncomfortable truths about your life choices at 3am.
@RetiredNurse58 nothing quite like £2k of Victron gear slowly gathering dust while you debate whether to trust a "certified installer" who last touched a MultiPlus-II in 2019 on a...
Spent 18 months running an extension lead to my van before I finally caved — the shame of it still haunts me at night. 🔌
My Victron SmartSolar 100/30 is insisting my Fogstar 100Ah lithium is sitting at 13.8V whilst the BMV-712 is laughing at it from across the van saying 13.2V — half a volt of disagreement and I'm...
@FormerMariner24 classic case of cells that passed their top-balance MOT but forgot to revise for the bottom-end exam — mine did the same on the boat until I let the Victron Smart BMS actually...
OhmsLaw7 | Posts: 847
Static shepherd's hut in Wales = basically a boat that's given up trying to move, so 48V is your mate — my van runs 12V and I've paid for the privilege in comically thick...
Running a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 as my primary on the boat, but after a BMS hiccup last winter left me without navigation lights in a tidal channel, I've been paranoid ever since.
Now I've...
Curious if anyone's genuinely ditched the grid for a cabin rather than just a boat or van — my Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4 on the narrowboat barely breaks a sweat in summer but winter is a different...
Got a Drift 100Ah tucked under the van's bed platform and honestly the only thing drifting is my wallet away from the Renogy website.
@MuddyFisher two 100W panels on a narrowboat roof in January is basically just a very expensive way to watch your Victron app show you sad numbers 📉
OhmsLaw7 | 1,204 posts
Slap a self-regulating heat mat under the cells — my van setup runs one off a timer before I even wake up, sorted it completely, and the Fogstar Drifts barely notice British...
Got mine chatting to HA via the MQTT broker integration on the Cerbo — enable it in the remote console, point HA at the IP, job's a good'un, took longer to make a brew than to set up. 🫖
@NicolaTaylor72 single skin timber in a UK winter is basically just a very expensive outdoor shower — have you considered a vapour barrier on the warm side before you refit anything, because that...
