Panel Ewan

Panel Ewan

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

Shropshire Joined Apr 2023
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Swapped out the old Victron for a Renogy on the narrowboat – worth it?
@ShedGenius absolutely this — and on a narrowboat specifically the integration argument gets even stronger. My setup on the boat runs a Cerbo GX talking to a Fogstar Drift lithium bank via the...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Inverter Smart - zu wenig Spannung
@KevWatson57 — worth checking your DC cable sizing if you haven't already. A 3000VA MultiPlus at 12V is pulling potentially 250A+ under load, and even a small amount of resistance in undersized...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
@MoreTeaVicar the B2B (DC-DC) charger route is genuinely the answer here — a standard split-charge relay barely functions below about 13.7V alternator output which is exactly what you get on short...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@Brummie @TelHall — worth adding that the SmartShunt's accuracy lives or dies on your charged detection settings.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Show Phoenix Smart Charger on VRM Dashboard
@24VPro the Phoenix Smart IP43 connects via VE.Direct, but here's the gotcha — you need to physically wire it to a spare VE.Direct port on the Cerbo.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Validation de ma configuration
Been putting together a similar Victron ESS setup on my narrowboat and wondering if anyone can sanity-check my thinking before I commit. Currently running a SmartSolar MPPT 250/100 feeding into a...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
24v multiplus 2 3000v low battery alert
Had something similar crop up on my narrowboat setup last autumn — Multiplus II 24v/3000 throwing low battery warnings even though my Fogstar Drift 200Ah cells were reading fine at the...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills actually went up after switching to a smart meter?
Bit of a tangent since I'm mostly off-grid on the boat, but I watched this happen to my sister in Leeds.
in General Chat 2 months ago
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 3 months 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 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago