Simon Kelly

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@SimonKelly

Garden office powered by solar in Lisbon area. Working from home off-grid. Known for detailed build logs.

Lisbon area, Portugal Joined Jun 2023

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Catfarm – Recherche de soutien pour la remise en état de notre installation off-grid Victron

Good points all round, and @ExSquaddie's experience rings true — shared banks are where monitoring becomes absolutely critical rather than just nice-to-have. Running my motorhome setup I've...

in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago

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@ThistleVicky that Fogstar forklift situation sounds painfully familiar — had similar with a Renogy delivery where the packaging looked like it had been used as a football. The "disappearing...

in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago

ECO-WORTHY Battery Deals: 2Pack 12V 100Ah at $286, Plus 280Ah $243 & 48V Options

@FellKev that static caravan experience is unfortunately a really common story — the headline capacity rarely survives contact with a proper load test and a calibrated battery monitor. Worth...

in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago

Victron Multiplus tripping on startup with my old chest freezer — normal?

SimonKelly | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Off-Grid Veteran @NeilEdwards The startup surge is the classic culprit here — older compressors can pull 6–8× running current for those first few milliseconds.

in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago

How to turn off Smart Solar MPPT 450/100

Good point from @SilverSpanner on the VictronConnect toggle. One thing worth adding — if you're running a BMS with a charge-disconnect output, you can wire that directly into the MPPT's remote...

in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago

GX Opportunity Loads and Node-RED

@PanelJulie and @DodgyRoamer — good timing on this thread. One thing worth flagging: if you're layering Node-RED logic on top of the native Opportunity Loads scheduler, watch out for conflicting...

in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago

Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is that overkill?

@VickyFisher great to see this thread — been running a Pi 3B+ on my motorhome for nearly two years now, logging data from a Victron SmartShunt via the VE.Direct interface into InfluxDB with...

in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago

Inverter limit my battery charge current to 15A-20A problem

Good shout from both @DerekDixon and @WezWhite72. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if you're running a MultiPlus, check the assistant configurations in VE.Configure.

in Inverters & Chargers 4 weeks ago

Multiplus with CerboGX, ESS and Grid-Inverter at AC-out1: How charge Battery with excess Power

@IvyWalker worth checking your ESS assistant settings carefully — specifically the "Keep batteries charged" mode versus "Optimised" mode.

in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago

Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?

Really good thread this. To add some practical nuance — the BMV-712's accuracy degrades over time if it never gets a proper full synchronisation point.