River Soul

River Soul

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beginner level. Interested in solar.

Glasgow, Scotland Joined May 2025
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Redundancy (failover) in off-grid situation
@T6Solar this thread hits close to home — had a near-identical situation on my narrowboat two winters back.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Jkbms v6. 2 app can't connect to inverter bms
Ran into something similar on the narrowboat last spring — turned out the v6.2 update had quietly changed the Bluetooth pairing protocol and my older BMS board wasn't speaking the same language...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Why is my Victron Energy 50 amp dc-dv charger drawing 16.2 volts, no amps, no watts from my starter
Seen this exact thing on my narrowboat. That 16.2V is the charger's detection voltage — it's essentially knocking on the door to sense whether a battery is there, but not committing any current...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill went up even after switching to solar?
Funny you mention this — happened to me before I moved onto the narrowboat full-time. Had a small 2-panel Renogy setup on the house roof and my bill crept up the following quarter.
in General Chat 2 months ago
RV Equalizer Systems Hydraulic Jacks 3195KS 12volt has anyone see issues using LifePO4 battery
@JimWilson the voltage sensitivity point is a crucial one. LiFePO4 sits at a much flatter discharge curve than lead-acid, so hydraulic systems calibrated for the old chemistry can behave oddly —...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Victron MPPT keeping my batteries at 80% even with bulk set to 100% — anyone else had this?
Had exactly this on the narrowboat last summer — drove me absolutely mad for about three weeks before I figured out what was going on. Turned out my BatteryProtect and the MPPT weren't talking to...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Using a Victron MultiPlus System as a Standby UPS for a Three-Phase Supermarket
@NoPlanB the leap from shepherd's hut to three-phase supermarket is quite the plot twist 😄 From my narrowboat experience, a single MultiPlus-II is already a beautifully capable bit of kit — but...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data locally instead of relying on cloud apps?
Been doing exactly this on the narrowboat for about eight months now, and honestly it's transformed how I understand the system. Running a Pi 4 with Venus OS flashed onto it — essentially turns it...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Anyone else finding their panels absolutely caked in pollen this time of year?
Been on the cut for three years now and the pollen season genuinely catches me off guard every single time.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Smart Inverter missing and incorrect data on Venus Ekrano new ui v3.73
Been scratching my head over something similar on the narrowboat this past week, so glad this thread exists. Running a Victron Phoenix Smart 12/3000 connected via VE.Direct to my Ekrano GX, and...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else had issues with a Victron SmartSolar dropping connection on the move?
Had this exact saga on my van build last summer. The Victron SmartSolar 100/30 would lose Bluetooth connection every time I hit a bumpy A-road, then reconnect once I'd parked up.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Powering my new garden office - gone completely off-grid, anyone else done this?
@Gazza82 the garden office rabbit hole is a proper gateway drug to the wider off-grid world — I went narrowboat first, then ended up rewiring my mate's log cabin using almost identical...
in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else finding their B2B charger struggles to keep up when alternator output drops at idle?
Been through exactly this on my narrowboat — different setup to a van but same principle applies. The alternator on a marine diesel will dip noticeably at tick-over, and my Orion-Tr Smart would...
in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Powering my new garden office – went with a 200Ah LiFePO4 and a 400W panel, here's what I've learned so far
The temperature conversation is well-trodden here, but there's another angle worth raising for a garden office specifically — standby loads. On the narrowboat I learned that a laptop charger sat...
in Garden Offices 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Dynamic ESS setup wizard loops between System and Battery steps and never unlocks Buy/Sell prices
@Macca97 the forum gremlins have clearly taken a liking to your post — but I've lived this exact frustration on my narrowboat setup with a MultiPlus-II GX. Nine times out of ten when that wizard...
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 3