Panel Ewan

Panel Ewan

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@PanelEwan

Building a cabin in Shropshire. Completely off-grid. Runs a YouTube channel about off-grid living.

Shropshire Joined Apr 2023
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Wattcycle 48v v2.5 server rack communications to solar-assistant?
@EmmaEdwards82 and @Tel1961 both touching on the right area — BMS identification is the crux of it. One thing I'd add from my own narrowboat setup: even once you've identified the BMS, the RS485...
in Motorhome & Campervan 9 hours ago
Victron MPPT keeping dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@Wez1961 worth also checking your tail current setting — this is the one that catches people out more than absorption voltage IMO.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 days ago
Chargin Starterbattery (24V) while Engine is off (Camping) from a 12V LiFePO Powerbank: OrionTrSmart
@VickyWard the Orion-TR Smart is strictly a buck converter — it steps down, so 12V → 24V simply isn't possible with that unit, full stop.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Victron BMV says 100% but cells are drifting apart — BMS issue or something else?
@LochWalker classic Victron/BMS disconnect this — the BMV is measuring pack voltage and has no idea what's happening at cell level. Few things worth checking: Absorption time — is your charger...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Generator keeps cutting out after 20 minutes - Kipor 3000 on LPG
Had this exact issue on my narrowboat a couple of years back — not with a Kipor but similar symptoms on a Chinese-framed unit running LPG. Nine times out of ten it's one of three things: Thermal...
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 weeks ago
Adhering to safety regulations and fireman's switch
Good point from @JackieEdwards75 but worth digging into the specifics for your Multiplus II setup. The fireman's switch requirement under BS 7671 applies to high-voltage discharge lighting...
in Q&A 2 weeks ago
Starting my new SunGold DC 24V/48V Split Phase Pure Sine Wave Inverter with charger
@DalesWanderer yeah, SunGold is definitely US-market oriented — you'll find it all over Amazon.com but UK availability is patchy at best.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@Chalky the maths is tighter than it looks. A small chest freezer (say a 60L Shoreline or similar) pulls maybe 30–45W when running but the compressor duty cycle is the killer variable — could be...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Quiecent wattage Phoenix inverter smart too high
@Jess1989 worth checking your DC wiring too — I had a similar situation on my narrowboat where measured quiescent was way above spec, turned out to be a loose negative connection on the DC bus...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
SRNE 3 Phase 60kW HV Inverter W/96kW of PV input power & 209kWh of Battery
Really interesting build — been following SRNE's HV product line for a while now and they don't seem to get nearly enough attention on UK forums compared to the usual Victron stack. A few things...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Multiplus / SMA3.0 configuration
@KangooDream the frequency-shift thing with the SMA is the bit that catches people out — the MultiPlus-II needs to be able to raise mains frequency to signal the SMA to curtail output, which works...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps dropping out on long motorway runs — anyone else?
@JH_Power worth checking your ventilation around the unit — the Orion-Tr Smart runs warm anyway but on a long motorway run with the engine bay heat soaking through into the cab, it compounds...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@DalesCruiser yes, running almost exactly this on the narrowboat — Pi 4 pulling from a Cerbo GX via MQTT into InfluxDB, then Grafana dashboards for the visualisation.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@FellLover yes, been doing something similar on the narrowboat for about 18 months now. Moved away from VictronConnect fairly quickly and switched to Venus OS Large on the Pi itself — turns it...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up just from solar on a cloudy Scottish trip?
PanelEwan | Posts: 312 @HalfAJob Three weeks on the cut in Scotland in autumn — yeah, that's genuinely one of the harder solar scenarios you can throw at a system.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago