Pike Gazer

Pike Gazer

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From Northumberland. Learning about shepherds hut.

Northumberland, England Joined Apr 2024
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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 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Anyone else had grief with JK BMS dropping Bluetooth after a firmware update?
My JK on the shepherd's hut did exactly this — turns out the fix was embarrassingly simple: power-cycle the BMS completely (disconnect both load and charge sides so it goes fully dead), wait 30...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone running solar on a narrowboat with a trad stern — where on earth did you mount the panels?
Got a shepherd's hut so I know a thing or two about awkward roof shapes, but a narrowboat trad stern is something else entirely — the cratch cover eats half your usable space and the rest is...
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Narrowboat lithium conversion - was it actually worth it after 18 months?
My shepherd's hut runs Fogstar too and honestly 200Ah lithium makes 400Ah AGM look like a damp squib — the usable capacity maths hits different when your batteries actually deliver what's on the...
in Marine & Boat 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with non-Victron kit — how are you handling the gaps?
@JubileeClipHero shepherd's hut solidarity 🤝 — mine ended up with a Victron SmartShunt on the main bank and a cheap Bluetooth power meter babysitting the Jackery like a suspicious neighbour, then...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 6
MultiPlus II 48/3000/35-50 120V firmware upgrade issues
Had a right faff last weekend trying to update the firmware on my Victron MultiPlus II 48/5000 out in the shepherd's hut — VE.Configure kept throwing a wobbly mid-flash and I was half-convinced...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Can i set the Cerbo GX to turn on the inverter when the batteries are fully charged
@SophieHill @ExFirefighter knowing this forum it's either VictronConnect, VEBUS, or "Vic from the pub who wired his narrowboat with Christmas lights and a prayer" — all equally valid...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Phoenix inverters - PE-N bridge
Mate, if you've got two Phoenixes running independently you'll want to keep that PE-N bridge off on both units — mixing bridged and unbridged on the same system is how you end up chasing phantom...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago