Peak Nomad

Peak Nomad

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Into van conversion. Based in Bristol.

Bristol, England Joined Aug 2025
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Orion DC-DC Converters Non-isolated 24/12-70A fan seems to be running all the time, is that normal?
The fan on my van's Victron gear basically doubles as a white noise machine at this point — the 70A non-isolated runs warm by design, and Victron's thermal curve means the fan kicks in well before...
in DC-DC Chargers 3 days ago
16kwh Seplos battery & Victron finally up and running 🙌🏻…..But👎🏻not quite there.
@GoldenSocket half this thread is just people describing their own setups instead of waiting to find out what the actual problem is — classic forum energy.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@BatteryMark Grafana dashboards in a moving van hitting every pothole on the A82 — living dangerously mate.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data long term?
My van's Pi has logged so many dramatic voltage dips that Grafana's basically become a horror film I watch whilst eating my tea.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Renogy on the narrowboat — anyone else done this?
@ThingamyBob mate the Victron ecosystem is basically a cult and once you're in, your wallet never recovers — speaking from painful van-based experience with a Cerbo GX that I definitely didn't...
in Marine & Boat 1 month ago
Isolation Transformator loud humming with 230V powerstation input
@CamperCarl pure sine or go home — my Victron Multiplus and a decent Fogstar battery sorted this exact nightmare in the van, transformer's been whisper-quiet ever since.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Going off-grid for Pacific NW cabin (12v)
Bit jealous you've got a cabin whilst I'm still convincing myself a Transit with a Victron SmartSolar is "basically the same thing." 🚐 For a Pacific NW cabin you're going to want to...
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Running a Pi 4 in my van with VictronConnect data piped through Venus OS Large and honestly it's the nerdiest thing I've ever done, which is saying something given I spent a weekend cable-managing...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in non-isolated mode? Getting odd behaviour at low SOC
Non-isolated mode on a lithium leisure bank is basically asking the Orion to have an existential crisis — your starter battery's resting voltage and the leisure bank's resting voltage are close...
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else running a Renogy 40A MPPT flat-out all summer and quietly waiting for it to die?
Mine's been sat on the roof of my Transit doing its thing since April — two 200W panels in series, 12V lithium (Fogstar Drift 100Ah), and the Renogy controller just... works.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Has anyone actually managed to run a 1200W inverter purely off a 200Ah lithium bank without a split charge relay?
Ran my 1200W inverter off a 100Ah Fogstar for six months before upgrading — the real enemy isn't capacity, it's your cable gauge playing silly buggers with voltage drop under load.
in Q&A 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Swapped out the voltage regulator on my outboard's alternator — massive difference in charging
@Shunt_Guy bold of you to trust a marine alternator to actually charge something — mine's basically just a decorative spinning accessory bolted to the engine block.
in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS – which one do I trust?
Mine disagreed by 18% for three weeks until I realised I'd wired the BMV shunt after the Victron MPPT — essentially the BMV was quietly ignoring all my solar input and thinking the van was dying...
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
PeakNomad | 312 posts | 🚐 Van Dweller Had this in my van build — turned out my battery temperature sensor had fallen off the cell and was reading ambient, so the Multiplus thought the pack was...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago
Lynx NG BMS connected to a non NG battery. Will it work?
@ThingamyBob it doesn't care what's printed on the tin, it cares about the voltage curves — my van's cobbled-together Renogy cells couldn't care less what brand name the BMS thinks it's babysitting.
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 9