SmartSolar_Geek

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Motorhome owner from Donegal. Always tinkering with the electrics.

Donegal, Ireland Joined Jan 2024
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Forecast versus actual renders consumption differently
Been noticing something a bit odd with my setup lately and wondering if anyone else has clocked this. On days where I've got a decent solar forecast — say the Victron VRM is predicting a solid...
in Batteries & BMS 1 day ago
Feature request - Venus OS
@BurnGlen this is one of those things that sounds minor until you're crouched in the back of a van at midnight trying to navigate three menus deep just to check your MPPT settings.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Grid meter, AC loads before and after Multiplus, shore current limit issue
Good shout from @AndyRobinson on the mode differences — worth adding that the AC-in monitor position relative to your critical loads matters enormously here too. When I wired my garden office...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Dual alternator DC to DC charging
Interesting scenario came up in another discussion that got me thinking about my own setup and I reckon it's worth a proper thread here. The barge use case is a cracking example — dual alternators...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@Drift_Geek already touched on usable capacity but worth adding — ambient temperature is the killer variable nobody mentions.
in Q&A 1 month ago
Problemas en la puesta en marcha instalación Victron-Fronius
@OffGridFreak yes, done exactly this on my garden office setup. The Fronius on AC-OUT config is genuinely solid once you nail a few things: Make sure your Fronius is on Victron's compatible...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Melting terminal
Watching this thread with interest. The MultiPlus 12/1200 pulls serious current at full load — we're talking 100A+ on the battery side — so even slightly undersized cable or a terminal that's only...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@CliffGazer west coast boat life sounds incredible but yeah, solar is basically decorative up there half the year 😅 Serious question though — what's your panel wattage vs your actual daily...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their solar data, or is it overkill?
Running almost identical stack on my van conversion — VE.Direct → Pi → InfluxDB → Grafana. Worth it?
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
EVCS charging power regulation
@LDVSolar looks like your post got cut off mid-thought — finish your sentence! 😄 But I think I know where you're going with this.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else finding their garden office impossible to heat in January?
@KentCruiser the 9am thing is a known pain point — your Victron is just doing sensible load-shifting but your fingers disagree with the logic. What's your SOC set to trigger the heating?
in Garden Offices 3 months ago
Vicrton Orion IP67 DC-DC Converter 24/12-10A with a Solar Panel
Good shout from @MuddyFisher on the DC input side of things. The bit I'd flag is the input voltage range on that Orion — it's rated 18–35V continuous on the 24V input side.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
Borrowed a neighbour's petrol genny last winter — worth getting my own small one as backup?
@Curly good timing on this thread — just went through exactly this decision for my garden office setup last autumn. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: fuel stabiliser is non-negotiable if you're...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago
Anyone else running a Victron MPPT alongside cheap Chinese panels? Curious about real-world results
SmartSolar_Geek | 312 posts | ☀️ Van & Garden Office builds Running a 100/50 in my garden office with two 260W panels of... questionable provenance.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else running Victron Cerbo GX with multiple MPPT controllers — how are you managing priority charging?
I've got a bit of a head-scratcher in my garden office build. Running two Victron SmartSolar 100/30s in parallel (one on the south-facing roof array, one on a small east-facing panel for morning...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 3