Stu

Stu

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@Stu1991

intermediate level. Interested in tiny house.

Perthshire, Scotland Joined Jan 2025
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Anyone else finding their Victron MPPT wildly over-optimistic with absorption time this time of year?
Stu1991 | Posts: 156 My Fogstar on the narrowboat laughs at my Victron's optimism every November — switch to "end amps" termination instead of a fixed timer and let the BMS tail current...
in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running a garden office entirely off-grid in winter — how are you actually coping?
My narrowboat gets maybe 2-3 usable solar hours on a grim January day in the UK — 400W suddenly becomes 100-ish effective watts before you've even touched the kettle. @Chalky the real killer...
in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Orion Smart TR 12/24 DC-DC Charger with VE.Bus BMS V2 current output issue
@GoldenMaker @CE_Builds both got cut off mid-sentence which is honestly more suspenseful than anything on telly right now 🍿 But yeah — ran into this on the narrowboat with a single Orion Smart TR...
in DC-DC Chargers 7 months ago
Best budget multimeter for solar work?
Get a Fluke 115 if you can stretch to it—honestly worth every penny when you're troubleshooting a dodgy MPPT at 6am in the rain.
in Product Recommendations 10 months ago thumb_up 1
How to set up a Cerbo GX monitoring system
Battery monitor connection is where most people trip up — make sure you're using the right shunt spec or you'll spend three months wondering why your SOC is doing laps round the Titanic.
in Installation Guides 10 months ago thumb_up 2