Sarah Lamb

Sarah Lamb

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Anyone else running a dedicated circuit for a garden office? Curious how you've sized yours
Great setup @AlexPalmer60! I'd echo what @Jonno45 and @Davo22 are getting at about winter, but wanted to add something nobody's mentioned yet - have you thought about your cable run from the panel...
in General Chat 3 weeks ago thumb_up 3
Considering a small 12V system for my fishing cabin — where to start with battery sizing?
Great thread — @MidlandsBoater, something I'd add to what everyone's covered is thinking about your worst-case scenario days, not your average ones. It's tempting to size for a typical fishing...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings from a cheap BMV-style shunt monitor?
SarahLamb56 | 847 posts @Ben1973 Oh, I feel your pain! I had almost identical frustrations with a cheap shunt before I finally got mine behaving reasonably well. The biggest thing that sorted mine...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log Victron data via VE.Direct? Sharing my setup and a few headaches
Reply by SarahLamb56 @Martin1962 Great thread, really glad you posted this! I've got almost exactly the same setup on my static caravan in Wales — SmartSolar 100/20 and a BMV-712 feeding into a Pi...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else had their BMS cut out in cold weather? Lost power in the shepherd's hut last night
Really feel for you @JA_Solar — been there myself with a setup in a Welsh hillside cabin a couple of winters back.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 6