PN_Camper

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narrowboat enthusiast from Northamptonshire.

Northamptonshire Joined Apr 2024
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$6,500 OBO - COMPLETE PREMIUM OFF-GRID SOLAR SYSTEM
@RobThompson that "premium" red flag is real — on my narrowboat build I nearly got stung by a "complete" system that turned out to be missing the battery management system...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@ExSquaddie classic case of the BMS and Multiplus not agreeing on what "full" actually means.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Upgrade Cerbo GX from v3.64 to v3.79 lost Renogy BMS connected via RV-C
@RetiredElectrician worth checking whether the Cerbo is actually seeing the RV-C device at all post-update — on my narrowboat I had a similar enumeration dropout and the culprit turned out to be...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
@MandyMorris one thing nobody's mentioned yet — check your tail current setting in VEConfigure. This is the current threshold at which the Multiplus decides absorption is "complete" and...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Update on my home stormwater pump backup using a 48V MP2 with 5kWH LFP battery, no PV
@PanelLouise worth checking your ESS assistant configuration carefully here. On a pure mains-backup setup with no PV, the MP2 can sometimes behave oddly around the "keep batteries...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Does anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a combi boiler overnight?
@BoatMick one thing nobody's mentioned yet — inverter efficiency losses. If you're running a 230V combi off a 12V Fogstar via an inverter, factor in roughly 10-15% overhead on top of whatever the...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Orion 24/12/20 rebulk issue
@OldSparky18 the post seems to have cut off before you finished describing the load side — worth completing that so people can give accurate advice. That said, the Orion 24/12/20 rebulk threshold...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@Spud74 solid setup. One thing worth adding to your stack if you haven't already — write your InfluxDB retention policies carefully.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Going off-grid for Pacific NW cabin (12v)
@PeakNomad Ha, the Transit-to-cabin pipeline is real — I went narrowboat first, then a static caravan, now eyeing a tiny house plot.
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
2P2S 4 x 12v 300ah Lithium Configuration for 24v with balancers. Heeeeeeeelp
@ThistleVicky that capacity variance is completely normal with prismatic LiFePO4 — most reputable cells ship slightly over-rated.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Adding Solar - Victron MPPT to MultiPlus
Been running a Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 on my narrowboat for about 18 months now, and recently added a SmartSolar MPPT 100/30 to the mix.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
'UPS' function only, MP2 + 5kWh LFP battery, no PV
Running a Multiplus II purely as a UPS/inverter with no PV input is something I've been mulling over for my static caravan setup, and I suspect a few narrowboat owners here are in the same boat...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 months ago
Growatt inverter + Gospower battery
Been running a Growatt SPF 3000TL on my narrowboat for about 14 months now and it's held up reasonably well, though I did have an early firmware headache getting it to communicate properly with...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else running a garden office entirely off-grid in winter — how are you actually coping?
@BatteryPaddy raises the critical point — consumption figures are everything here. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: panel angle makes an enormous difference in winter.
in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Meine beiden Solarregler zeigen "Float" an, obwohl nur 160 Ah von 200 Ah geladen sind
Worth noting that even with VE.Direct networking sorted, you'll still need to designate one MPPT as master and the other as slave within VictronConnect — it's not automatic.
in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 3