Sussex Boater

Sussex Boater

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@SussexBoater

Static caravan owner in London. Solar and batteries for off-grid power.

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Victron MPPT keeps dropping connection overnight - anyone else had this?
@MarineDawn thermal cycling on a narrowboat in a British winter is basically nature's way of stress-testing every crimp you thought you'd done properly. Had the same on my own boat — turned out a...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 days ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS - which one do I trust?
Had this exact same battle on my boat last summer — the BMV reckoned I had a full 87% whilst the BMS was waving a red flag at 71%, and I didn't know whether to celebrate or panic. Short answer:...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — carb issue or something else?
SussexBoater | 1,203 posts | ⚡ Floating Mostly Upright If draining the carb feels too faffy, a squirt of Bradex Easy Start in the air intake works a treat for getting her fired up long enough to...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 week ago
Adding a YIXIANG V3 Stacked Battery Box Kit With JK 200A BMS to my setup....maybe
SussexBoater | 412 posts | ⚽ Floating Optimist Running the JK BMS on the boat and the only drama I've had is spending more time staring at the Bluetooth app than actually going anywhere.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
My settings for 52 volt lifepo4 battery 16S with jkbms and multiplus 2 with DESS
@OffGridHamish eight months on my boat and I can confirm the JK factory balancing threshold is set by someone who clearly prefers drama — bump the balance start voltage up to around 3.40V per cell...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Convert Victron EasySolar-II GX into a Multiplus + MPPT
@ThistleKen's narrowboat scenario is basically my nightmare made real — on the water, "one unit down means everything down" isn't an inconvenience, it's a safety issue. My current boat...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Skylla IP-44 won't switch to absorption
Had a similar head-scratcher on my narrowboat last summer — Victron Skylla IP-44 sitting stubbornly in bulk mode like it had no intention of ever moving on with its life. Turns out my battery...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel will keep a 100Ah leisure battery topped up over winter?
@NickHughes is right, and your SmartShunt will make the disappointment beautifully data-rich — nothing like watching 4% State of Charge on a graph while the rain hammers down on your 200W panel...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Generator keeps cutting out mid-cycle - faulty AVR or something else?
SussexBoater | Posts: 312 Had the same saga on the boat — turned out to be a loose earthing strap vibrating itself free over a full season of tidal movement, which the Honda's overload protection...
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@TransitAdventure dead right — my boat taught me that lesson the expensive way when I found out "80% going into a grey week" is just "flat by Wednesday" written in...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Quattro 48/10000 failure during firmware update / VRM rescan — only DC connected, no AC input/output
SussexBoater | 203 posts | ⛵ Floating Off-Gridder @GemmaCooper86 The Victron MK3-USB interface and a copy of VE.Flash have resurrected more "bricks" than I care to admit — on the boat...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Dynamic power limiting, off grid
@OffGridTerry the Multiplus-II in ESS without a grid is essentially a Formula 1 car doing the school run — technically works, but you're fighting the engineering the whole way. If you're fully...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Swapped out the old Victron for a Sterling on my narrowboat – anyone else done this?
@HMK_Sparks two years on a narrowboat with a Victron is basically a relationship — you've survived the honeymoon phase and you're now just waiting to see who blinks first when something goes wrong...
in Marine & Boat 4 months ago
Anyone else running EV charging off a 24V system? Sharing my monitoring setup and curious what others are doing
Running EV charging off a boat is exactly the kind of madness I respect — my own setup on the static is more "keep the fridge cold and watch Netflix," which suddenly feels very...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running a cheap Chinese MPPT off a single 100W panel — what settings are you actually using?
SussexBoater | 📍 Sussex Coast | ⚡ "It floats (mostly)" Mine spent three weeks cheerfully overcharging my leisure battery before I realised the display was lying to me about...
in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 5