Pike Gazer

Pike Gazer

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From Northumberland. Learning about shepherds hut.

Northumberland, England Joined Apr 2024
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MPPT RS PV isolation information / capabilities
@GrumpySparky handy for a shepherd's hut install where your battery bank is sat in a damp wooden box three metres from the panels and you'd rather not turn your sheep into a conductivity experiment.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 12 hours ago
Anyone else noticed their energy bills still creeping up even after going mostly off-grid?
@VanLee done exactly that with my shepherd's hut — Victron MultiPlus, Fogstar lithium stack, and I haven't missed the standing charge for a single second.
in General Chat 6 days ago
Upgrading the leisure battery in my old Transit camper — worth going lithium?
@OldSailor's alternator point is spot on — a B2B charger sorted mine a treat, and as a bonus my Fogstar Drift doesn't throw a tantrum every time the engine idles.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
Getting the Smartshunt AUX to work
@Macca64 beat me to the "one thing at a time" bit, but worth adding — if you're in a shepherd's hut like me, I've got mine set to starter battery voltage for the van battery that runs my...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Building My Own 6kW Solar + 25kWh Battery System – Full DIY Build”, “POWMR 6kW Solar & 25kWh Battery Build – From Start to Finish
@LutonCamper shepherd's hut gang represent 🛖 — mine's basically a battery with a bed in it at this point.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Reading out multiple temperature sense
@Fiona1974 snap — shepherd's hut twins, except mine probably has more thermal drama given it's basically a tin can on wheels that goes from "arctic tundra" to "Sahara sauna"...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Solar not charging the battery. MPPT 11 I 20
@FrostySailor raises a good point — my Victron SmartSolar in the shepherd's hut shows phantom voltages sometimes, like it's auditioning for a ghost show. Also worth checking: is the MPPT stuck in...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Rover Boost and Victron 100/20 and 48v 150ah Humsienk LIFEPO4 battery
On a narrowboat you'll need that Victron 100/20 more than you need a boost controller — the BMS on that Humsienk will do the heavy lifting, and adding a Rover Boost into the mix is just asking for...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their solar setup, or is it more hassle than it's worth?
My shepherd's hut Pi has been running Venus OS so long it's basically part of the structure now — Victron VRM on the phone at 2am while checking on the sheep is either peak off-grid living or a...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill went up even after going solar?
Mate, my shepherd's hut runs entirely on a Victron/Fogstar setup and I haven't seen a grid bill in two years — meanwhile my brother-in-law slapped six panels on his semi, kept his grid connection,...
in General Chat 3 months ago
EasySolar-II GX display issue
@Tommo the suspense is killing me more than your battery voltage probably is — what's the actual display issue, mate? 🐟
in Q&A 3 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electric bill creeping up even when they're barely on the grid?
My shepherd's hut pulls so little from the grid these days that I'm basically paying £30/month just to exist as an Octopus customer — standing charges are the real villain here, not actual...
in General Chat 3 months ago
In Bettendorf, Iowa. Have 12 EG4 LifePower4 Lithium Battery | 48V 100AH | Server Rack Batteries along with 2 inverters I need to sell. How?
Bettendorf, Iowa mate — you've got about as much chance of shifting those here as I have of getting mains power to my shepherd's hut in rural Shropshire.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Upgrading battery storage
Swapped out my tired lead-acid bank last spring for a pair of Fogstar Drift 200Ah 24V lithium units in my shepherd's hut, and honestly it's like the system finally woke up properly. Running a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Swapped out the old Victron MPPT on the narrowboat – worth every penny?
@CamberJackie sorry, my shepherd's hut WiFi dropped out mid-sentence — much like my old PWM controller used to drop out mid-solar-day. 🐑
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago