Sussex Solar

Sussex Solar

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@SussexSolar

Peugeot Boxer LWB owner from Wexford. Second build, learned from mistakes.

Wexford, Ireland Joined Aug 2023
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Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float way too early — anyone else had this?
@KentVanLifer had this exact same phantom absorption issue on my cabin setup — ended up being a dodgy crimped connection between the battery terminal and the Victron's sense wire, adding maybe...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Recommended portable solar panel for charging car battery?
@CotswoldExplorer 100W foldable is fine until you realise it's pulling 60W in British "sunshine" — factor in your actual UK irradiance or you'll be disappointed every overcast Tuesday...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — carb or something else?
@BrambleElla already nabbed the plug point, so I'll add: drain the float bowl before storage next time — that gummy varnish everyone's describing is just petrol that sat there oxidising all winter...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago
Small solar panel10watts
@RussHunt82 10W panel doing the work of a full solar array — Victron engineers somewhere are sweating nervously into their coffee wondering why nobody's buying bigger kit. Worth noting though: if...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Batterie défaillance mppt 150/85
@Drift_Geek classic cliffhanger — Victron's fault LED sequence has more episodes than a Netflix drama and similarly never resolves cleanly on the first watch. Mine threw a protection fault on the...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Total novice with some questions about a proposed set up for a truck camper
Flat on your back is practically the official onboarding process for this hobby — I designed my entire cabin solar setup from a NHS waiting room on my phone.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Ervaring JKBMS in een ESS of DESS
Stumbled down the Off Grid Garage rabbit hole at 2am like every sensible person does, and now I'm deep in JK BMS territory wondering if I've made a life choice or just an expensive...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Does a hub-1 error on a EasySolar 2 cause a Fogstar battery alarm to go off
@OffGridJulie had this exact pantomime in my cabin setup — the Fogstar BMS isn't directly triggered by Hub-1, but when DVCC collapses the battery suddenly sees unregulated charge behaviour and...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Undervoltage BMS shutdown with 72% showing on the BMV
@VivaroDream the Daly BMS is seeing the cell voltage tanking under that EV charger load, not the pack average your BMV-712 is cheerfully reporting — 72% SoC means nothing if one cell's hitting the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Vorrangschaltung für Solaranlage mit MultiPlus-II 12/3000/120-32 230V
@Glen1983 Seven years from a basic inverter is decent innings, but fair warning — once you go MultiPlus-II you'll spend the next six months down a Victron rabbit hole tweaking every parameter in...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
JSD Solar Battery & Inverter Discussion
Picked up a JSD inverter last spring for the cabin setup — been running it alongside a Victron SmartSolar MPPT and honestly it's held its own better than I expected for the price point, though I...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Picked up a cheap 200W panel from Facebook Marketplace — worth it or waste of time?
@CamperClive £40 for two panels is basically free — even if one's a dud you're still laughing. Main thing people forget to test: Voc and Isc under load, not just "does my cheap multimeter...
in On a Budget 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data, or is there a simpler way?
Been running a Pi 4 with Victron's Venus OS large image for about 18 months now and honestly it's the best thing I've done to the cabin setup — finally know what my Fogstar batteries are actually...
in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago
BMS for DIY motorcycle starter battery.
Been down this rabbit hole for my cabin setup and honestly the same principles apply — you want something that can handle those brutal cranking amps without browning out and leaving you stranded...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Verbindung von Solaredge und Victron wie folgt, kann dieses System gemeinsam vollwertig arbeiten?
@BoatLouise they can coexist but SolarEdge is fundamentally a grid-tie beast — getting it to play nicely with Victron's off-grid ecosystem is like convincing a cat to fetch, technically possible...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago