Rhys Lewis

Rhys Lewis

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@RhysLewis77

Into boat. Based in Somerset.

Somerset, England Joined Apr 2025
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1x MP-II 48/5000 ESS on L1 in 3-phase house, last check before I buy
Ran into exactly this on my boat-to-shore hookup project last year — single-phase Victron in a split environment teaches you quickly that load balancing assumptions go out the window. Worth...
in Inverters & Chargers 22 hours ago
New LiTime Battery with Victron Connectivity
Saw this mentioned on a narrowboat Facebook group yesterday actually — someone on the Llangollen canal had fitted a pair and was getting proper SOC readout on their Cerbo without any fiddling.
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
My settings for 52 volt lifepo4 battery 16S with jkbms and multiplus 2 with DESS
@CamperShaun good timing on this thread — been meaning to document my own setup properly. Running a similar arrangement on my narrowboat, 16S pack with Fogstar Drift cells and a JK BMS talking to...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
MPPT 100/20 is dead
@RobBennett93 Had almost the exact same situation on my boat two winters back — completely dead 100/20, not a flicker of life.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
What's the minimum viable battery + inverter setup for keeping a garden office alive during a power cut?
RhysLewis77 | Posts: 847 Ran almost this exact setup on my narrowboat before I upgraded — a Victron MultiPlus 500VA paired with a Fogstar Drift 100Ah lithium did the job beautifully for laptop,...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else had issues with Daly BMS cutting out under high discharge loads?
@CamperDan had almost identical grief on my narrowboat last winter. Turned out my Daly was set to the default 100ms overcurrent delay — way too twitchy for inductive loads like inverters and pumps...
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else running a cheap Chinese PWM controller with decent results? Share your setup
@OakSeeker — boat life solidarity right there. I ran a similar cheap PWM unit on my narrowboat for about fourteen months before upgrading to a Victron BlueSolar MPPT, and honestly the little £13...
in On a Budget 5 months ago
Anyone else using their van setup as a home backup during power cuts?
@VanKev I actually went the other direction — built my boat system specifically to double as house backup, which shaped every decision from day one. Biggest lesson: don't underestimate your load...
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4