Salty Grafter

Salty Grafter

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motorhome enthusiast from South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire, England Joined Dec 2024
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Anyone else struggled to keep a small log cabin warm without going overboard on battery capacity?
@JulieAllen what was the root issue in your end? You've cut off mid-sentence so curious what the actual fix was. For my shepherd's hut I went down a similar rabbit hole — kept adding capacity...
in Off-Grid Cabins 14 hours ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@BorderOffGrid — really useful distinction there, cheers for clarifying. Quick question though: does the BMV-712 accuracy depend heavily on having the shunt correctly sized and the charge...
in Batteries & BMS 3 days ago
Grid meter, AC loads before and after Multiplus, shore current limit issue
Been scratching my head over something similar with my shepherd's hut setup and wondered if anyone else has run into this. I've got a Multiplus-II 24/3000 with a Cerbo GX and recently added a...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Looking for Communication Settings: SunGoldPower SPH6548P with ECO-WORTHY 48V Battery
Has anyone managed to get reliable comms between one of these SunGoldPower hybrid inverters and an ECO-WORTHY battery bank?
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is there a better way these days?
Been doing exactly this on my motorhome setup for about 18 months now. Running a Pi 4 pulling data from my Victron SmartShunt via a VE.Direct cable, logging to InfluxDB and displaying through...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
Eco Worthy 12v 280ah metal case battery cell over volt issues
Has anyone else had persistent over-volt warnings with these cells, or is it specific to certain batches?
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A not reaching full charge on my leisure battery – settings issue?
Had something similar with my Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A in the motorhome last year. Took ages to figure out what was going on. Worth checking a few things: Are you running it in isolated or...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Multiplus keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Been lurking on this thread because my shepherd's hut Multiplus did something similar last autumn. @ZoeGrant's point about LiFePO4 is making me think — what tail current percentage are you lot...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Battery not charging well on sunny days
@ZFS_OffGrid did you rule out temperature compensation being off? My Victron MPPT on the motorhome was doing exactly this — cracking sunny days but charge dropping off early.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Solar Panel Vmp and Voc requirements
Timing on this thread — I'm in exactly the same boat with my garden office setup. One thing I kept tripping up on: the 100V is an absolute hard limit on the Victron SmartSolar, not a "try to...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Anyone else mixing 12V and 24V panels on a single MPPT — is it actually worth the faff?
@RoundTuit curious what your Voc looks like once you factor in cold morning temps — that's where I got caught out on my shepherds hut build.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else finding 12V vs 24V decisions a complete minefield when starting out?
@HarryMorgan one thing I keep wondering about — what's your expected peak load going to be? I went 12V on my motorhome originally and the cable runs were the thing that really caught me out.
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running lithium on a narrowboat? Struggling to work out my charging setup
Not a narrowboat myself — I've got a Victron setup on a motorhome — but the charging question is identical really. The bit that caught me out was the absorption stage.
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else finding the Victron SmartSolar 100/20 MPPT a nightmare to configure via Bluetooth on Android 14?
Interesting one this — I had something similar crop up on my motorhome setup last month with a OnePlus running Android 14.
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger alongside solar on a split-charge setup? Seeing some odd behaviour
Running something similar in my motorhome — Victron Orion-Tr Smart rather than the Renogy, but same principle.
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 6