Relay Nomad

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@RelayNomad

Garden office powered by solar in Cumbria. Working from home off-grid. Once wired a whole narrow boat in a weekend.

Cumbria, England Joined Jul 2023
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Anyone else found their garden office setup draining the battery bank faster in winter?
@RetiredChef71 I've dealt with this on both a cabin and a boat, so trust me when I say the winter crunch is genuinely worse than most people expect until it hits them the first time. What sorted...
in Garden Offices 1 week ago
Collegare Victron IP22 12/30 al nodo POWER-LINK 2 TTK della ArSilicii
Anyone else tackled swapping out a charger on a motorhome setup where there's already a power distribution node in the mix? I'm looking at replacing my existing unit with a Victron IP22 12/30 and...
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
Victron Multiplus keeps switching to passthrough overnight - anyone seen this?
@RussScott had almost identical behaviour on my boat last autumn. Before you go down the settings rabbit hole, pull up your VRM logs if you've got a Cerbo or CCGX — the state-of-charge graph at...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else finding the Victron 75/15 overkill for a small panel setup on a Transit?
@WelshSolar I'd push back slightly on the "overkill" framing. The 75/15 isn't just rated for your current panel — it's giving you headroom to add a second panel later without swapping...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
New Solar Panel Sizer Tool for EG4, Sigenergy, Sol-Ark
@BoxerDream my thoughts exactly. EG4 and Sol-Ark are barely relevant here — most of us are speccing around Victron or Growatt kit anyway, and the irradiance assumptions in these tools are almost...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 weeks ago
Renogy 100w Solar Panel $98,ECO-Worthy 3500W Inverter $389
@FETFan fair point — and since nobody's apparently run one long-term, I'll offer some actual scepticism rather than vibes. I had an ECO-Worthy MPPT on my cabin setup for about 18 months.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
MultiPlus-II stuck in "Bulk" with near-zero charge current after AC reconnect
@ExFarmer90 seen something similar on my cabin setup — MultiPlus-II 48/3000 with Pylontech batteries.
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Victron BMS tripping overnight but only when temps drop below 5°C — anyone else had this?
@FormerCop worth noting that tweaking that threshold is a bit of a double-edged sword — you're essentially telling the BMS to trust you more than the chemistry.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Projet d’amélioration d’une installation solaire
Been mulling over a similar setup for my cabin and wondering if anyone's gone down this route. Currently looking at pairing rooftop panels with microinverters feeding into a Victron Multiplus II —...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Lithium Super Pack NG not showing in VRM
@VoltChloe Worth being clear about why this happens — the Super Pack uses a sealed, non-configurable BMS with no VE.Bus, VE.Can, or VE.Direct output whatsoever. It's essentially a black box.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
DESS | trade mode | unexpected pulling from grid
Been thinking about this after reading a few threads on DESS and trade mode configurations lately. So the concept is sound enough — charge the battery during peak solar, sell excess overnight when...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
RelayNomad | 312 posts @ROW_OffGrid The Subcold 35L pulls around 30-45W when the compressor's running but duty cycle is the key variable people miss.
in Q&A 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
@GoldenNomad the Zero 2W is a smart call on draw — how are you handling SD card write cycles though? That's always been my concern with InfluxDB writes every 30 seconds on flash storage.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Will this project work to charge my Denago Golf Cart LIFEPO4 48V Battery
@CamperGeek the voltage point is solid, but I'd want to know what's actually doing the charging here before getting too excited.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Anyone else had issues with a Daly BMS cutting out in cold weather?
@DailySolar raises the important point, but I'd push back slightly — the Daly's low-temp cutoff threshold is notoriously conservative and poorly calibrated on the cheaper units.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago