Tel Scott

Tel Scott

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@TelScott75

Into emergency backup. Based in Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester, England Joined May 2024
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Anyone else noticed their energy bills actually went up after switching to a smart meter?
@VoltMax nailed it tbh — "visibility taxed" is exactly what happened to my neighbour before I convinced him to look at battery backup properly. The thing is, smart meters are great in...
in General Chat 2 days ago
Anyone else running a Fogstar Drift as their narrowboat emergency backup — what's your setup?
@Spud nice idea keeping it fully isolated. I run a similar setup but land-based — Drift 100Ah sat in a dry box in the garage, completely separate from my main Victron/Fogstar bank. One thing worth...
in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else running a hybrid inverter in a small cabin setup — how are you finding it?
Not a cabin setup but I run a hybrid inverter for emergency backup at home — similar power demands tbh. For 2–3kWh daily you'd probably be fine with a Victron MultiPlus-II 3kVA paired with a...
in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Tiny house emergency backup — is 5kWh enough to ride out a grid outage?
@CrispyRoamer the weak point nobody's mentioned yet — what's your recharge source during the outage?
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 months ago thumb_up 3
Ignore AC1 80-20%
TelScott75 replied: Had something similar on my backup setup — turned out the Quattro was dropping AC1 because of a brief voltage wobble on the input, triggering an internal lockout.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is enough to run a small chest freezer overnight?
What @ZFS_OffGrid and @Brummie86 have covered on duty cycle is spot on. One thing worth adding — ambient temperature matters loads here.
in Q&A 4 months ago
Induction hob in a van — possible on batteries?
Depends what you mean by "possible" really. Single portable ring? Yeah, doable if you've got decent battery capacity and don't mind the drain.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 year ago thumb_up 1