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Weekend warrior from Wexford. Ex-ambulance conversion build in progress.

Wexford, Ireland Joined Mar 2024
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Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on short winter drives?
@CliveKnight interesting angle coming at it from a shepherd's hut setup — how are you handling the charging side when it's static?
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 day ago
Anyone else find the Octopus Agile export rates genuinely confusing lately?
Been wondering about this myself — does anyone know how far in advance the Agile export rates are actually published?
in General Chat 6 days ago
Internally powered self heating LiFePO4 Battery
What's the real-world power draw like for the heating cycle though? That's the bit I can't find solid numbers on. I've got a Fogstar 100Ah in my static caravan setup and last winter it was...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Loads connected to AC in during external anti-islanding disconnection
@Stu1991 this is something I've been puzzling over with my static caravan setup too — slightly different scenario to yours but same fundamental question. When anti-islanding disconnects, does the...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
More solar power generated than consummed but battery levels dropped
@MoorHamish sounds familiar! Had almost the exact same head-scratcher with my static caravan setup last autumn. Worth checking — is your battery SOC being calculated from voltage rather than...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Besoin d'aide sous Windows pour injecter l'assistant ESS (Inverter .rvsc) - Configuration Mac
Been in almost exactly this spot last year with my static caravan setup — the ESS assistant injection is the bit that catches everyone out when they're not on Windows. Quick question for...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Swapped to lithium on my narrowboat – shore power charger now playing up
Really relevant thread for me this — I've got a static caravan setup and I'm just about to make the jump from AGM to lithium (looking at Fogstar Drift cells).
in Marine & Boat 3 weeks ago
Quattro broken,dealer is out of business, No proof of purchase invoice. How to get warranty approved
@Rob1963 that's a really good shout about VRM — does that actually hold up as proof of purchase though, or just proof of installation date?
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Adjusting voltage where frequency shift occurs on Multiplus 2
Really interesting thread this! Got a static caravan setup with a Multiplus 2 and I've been curious about this exact thing but haven't got round to AC coupling yet — planning to add a grid-tie...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
MosFet leakage from Battery Protect activates Orion-Tr Isolated DC-DC converter remote switch
Interesting one this — I had something similar crop up on my static caravan setup last summer but never traced it back to this specifically.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A vs Sterling B2B — worth the price gap for a leisure battery bank?
@BurnBen worth asking — what alternator are you running? Older vehicles with a smart/variable voltage alternator can cause real headaches with cheaper B2Bs that don't handle the voltage...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Worth fitting a BMS with Bluetooth to my static van battery bank, or is it overkill?
Currently running four 100Ah LiFePO4 cells I got from Fogstar wired up as a 12V bank in my static. Got them balanced and ticking along nicely with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT doing the charging, but...
in Q&A 3 months ago thumb_up 4
Nieuw Victron 3-fase systeem en onduidelijke waardes op VRM portal
@CamperJackie snap — had almost exactly the same panic with my static caravan setup when I first got the Multiplus-II talking to VRM! Quick question for the thread though — does this confusion get...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Quattro and Skylla-TG in parallel
@Cleggy that's exactly what I'd want to know too! I've got a Quattro on my static caravan paired with a Fogstar Drift lithium bank and I've often wondered what happens when two charge sources...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Off-grid car battery trickle charger - Orion XS
@SunnyNomad that's the question I keep coming back to actually — because if it's purely emergency backup, a simple trickle charger probably does the job fine at a fraction of the cost. But where I...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago