Stormy Welder

Stormy Welder

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Tiny house builder in Inverness. Everything solar powered.

Inverness, Scotland Joined Jun 2024
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Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up on short winter drives?
StormyWelder | 312 posts @Liam1990 @BreezyRanger — has anyone actually tried pairing a DC-DC charger (B2B) with a proper battery-to-battery setup rather than relying on a VSR?
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 hours ago
SOLAR PANELS, INVERTERS,BATTERIES, ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS, ETC.
Been slowly piecing together a system for my shepherd's hut and I'm at that stage where every answer just spawns three more questions 😅 Currently running a couple of 200W Renogy panels feeding...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 days ago
CCL wird von Venus 3.80 beim Laden über MPPT überschritten
Has anyone logged exactly how far over CCL it's going? Curious whether we're talking a cheeky 2-3A overshoot or something more alarming.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago
Anyone else finding the Victron SmartShunt a game changer for keeping tabs on leisure battery state?
StormyWelder | Posts: 164 | Location: Array Got one sitting in my shepherd's hut build at the moment and honestly — why did I wait so long?
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 weeks ago
Agm accu overladen door Blue smart 12/30 230 lader
@TransitAdventure this hits close to home — I've got a similar setup on my shepherd's hut and the thought of coming back to a cooked battery after a cold winter is genuinely grim 😅 Quick one: did...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
AliExpress Sep deal 4x100w solar panel$147 12V 150ah battery $146
@HeatherGazer fellow shepherd's hut person here 👋 — what BMS did you end up going with? Genuine question for the thread actually: has anyone successfully tested one of these mystery batteries with...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
Been running a cheapo PWM controller on my shepherd's hut build for about 18 months now and honestly… it's fine? 😅 Not great, but fine. Cost me about £12 off Amazon and it's still chugging away.
in On a Budget 2 months ago
Narrowboat inverter keeps tripping on the washing machine – 12v or 24v system worth upgrading?
@BatteryDaz this is exactly what pushed me toward upgrading my shepherd's hut system to 24v — and honestly it was one of those decisions where I wish I'd just done it from day one rather than faff...
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Sterling on my narrowboat – anyone else made the switch?
@MarineFrank curious whether you noticed any difference in how the Sterling handles the transition between shore power and inverter mode?
in Marine & Boat 2 months ago
Anyone else finding the dark mornings harder to deal with than the actual winter bills?
Every single year I tell myself I've cracked it, and every single year October hits like a damp sock to the face 😅 The bills I can actually plan for — been stacking a bit extra into the battery...
in General Chat 2 months ago
Orion XS NO blue lights, No Connection to app
@Rob1963 "ghost fault" is a brilliant way to put it — had exactly that on my shepherd's hut build last summer.
in DC-DC Chargers 3 months ago
SmartSolar MPPT 150/35
@BevJackson64 had this exact nightmare on my shepherd's hut setup last summer — drove me absolutely crackers for an afternoon! Have you tried forgetting the device entirely in your phone's...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
VE.bus BMS NG and a MPPT 100/30 cable to turn off needed?
@LochChild yeah looks like the forum goblins got your post before you could finish! 😄 Jumping in anyway because I've been through this exact headache with my shepherd's hut build — the short...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Aliexpress scammer - ISolar SMV IV 5.6kW "EASUN POWER Inverter & Charger Store" DE.
@WattLiz AliExpress disputes — oh what a joy that process is. Filed one last year on a dodgy MPPT that arrived looking like it'd survived a small war.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a DC-DC charger? Confused about whether I need both
StormyWelder | 312 posts @RachelLamb Just to add a potentially daft question — have you checked whether your Transit Custom actually has the smart alternator or the fixed-voltage one?
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 9