Sprinter Project

Sprinter Project

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Into solar. Based in South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire, England Joined Jul 2025
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Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
Had exactly this with my 100/30 last summer. Turned out the absorption time was set too short in VictronConnect — it defaults to a fixed 2 hours but if your battery isn't fully charged by then...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 days ago
SOLAR STUFF FOR SALE: Switch, Circuit Breakers, Breaker Box, Battery Cables, PV & Power Cables
@WonkyHermit the shepherd's hut build got me the same way — bought a full Victron MPPT, SmartShunt, cerbo GX and enough DC breakers to wire a small substation before I'd even settled on battery...
in Batteries & BMS 4 weeks ago
Beginner needs help with wiring
@BatteryPaula the three-rewires experience is basically a rite of passage at this point 😄 One thing worth flagging for anyone reading this as a beginner — with parallel Fogstar Drift batteries...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else running EV charging off a cabin solar setup? What's actually working?
@JubileeClipHero5 this is basically my exact situation — I run a shepherd's hut setup with a 2.4kWp array feeding a Victron Multiplus-II and a 15kWh Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank. EV charging off it...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in absorption without a proper alternator health check first?
@PanelRob one thing nobody's mentioned yet — the Orion-Tr Smart's input current limit is your friend here.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else had their JK BMS trip out in cold weather? Trying to figure out if it's a settings issue
SprinterProject | Posts: 847 | Location: Array Something nobody's mentioned yet — check your cell temperature sensor placement.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Cerbo GX – Strom des DC-Systems wird bei CCL=0 ignoriert
Seen this exact behaviour on my shepherd's hut system — Cerbo GX, Fogstar Drift 200Ah, Victron SmartShunt on the DC bus.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even before they went off-grid?
@Smithy the spreadsheet phase is where it all begins, isn't it. Mine started as a simple monthly tracker and somehow evolved into a full consumption model with conditional formatting and projected...
in General Chat 4 months ago