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 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 7 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 7 months ago