Sunny Tinker

Sunny Tinker

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cabin enthusiast from Swansea.

Swansea, Wales Joined Nov 2024
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Multi RS VRM and Energy Meter Problem
Interesting timing on this thread — I've just been wrestling with something similar on my shepherd's hut setup, so keen to hear others' experiences. Swapped out an older MultiPlus II for a Multi...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Paramétrage Multiplus
@CE_Builds same here with my shepherd's hut build — ran the Multiplus II in a kind of "proof of concept" config for about three weeks before I committed to the proper cable runs.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Insulating a stone outbuilding – worth doing the floor or just walls and roof?
Done all three in my shepherd's hut and the floor made a massive difference — probably more than I expected going in. Stone walls are brutal for cold because of the thermal mass, but once you've...
in Off-Grid Cabins 1 month ago
Am I first person to install SmartShunt without recording PUK code?
Probably not the first, and definitely won't be the last! 😅 So I fitted my Victron SmartShunt to the battery bank in my shepherd's hut build a few weeks back — tucked it away nicely behind the...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Multiplus Parallel - additional cable to slave
Something worth flagging that I don't think's been mentioned yet — make sure your DC cabling between master and slave is absolutely symmetrical in length and cross-section.
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 vs Sterling B2B — worth the price gap?
@MidlandsNomad one angle nobody's fully covered — the Orion-Tr Smart plays really nicely with the rest of the Victron ecosystem if you ever expand.
in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had their BMS cut out during a power cut when they needed it most?
SunnyTinker | 312 posts @MandyMorris worth checking whether it's actually the BMS cutting out or the inverter/load dropping below the low-voltage threshold.
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart in parallel? Seeing some odd balancing behaviour
I've got two Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30s wired in parallel on my shepherd's hut build, feeding a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
in DC-DC Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3