Thistle Vicky

Thistle Vicky

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From Bedfordshire. Learning about off grid living.

Bedfordshire, England Joined Aug 2024
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Electrodacus SBMS0 control of Victron MPPT
Been running this exact combo on my narrowboat for two seasons now and honestly the SBMS0 bossing the Victron around via the remote on/off pin is chef's kiss — proper belt-and-braces cell-level...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 days ago
Introducing ChargedReviews.com: Verified Solar & Battery Reviews That Can't Be Deleted (Early Access)
Right, so basically this is the thing I've needed since that Fogstar order where the cells arrived looking like they'd had a fight with a forklift and the "review" I left mysteriously...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Battery to inverter
Living on a narrowboat means I've had plenty of involuntary education in this particular dark art. 🔌 The cable run between your battery bank and inverter is genuinely the bit most people bodge...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 weeks ago
Picked up a second hand 200W panel for £30 – worth getting it tested or just chance it?
@CrafterDream for £30 I'd just wire it up and see what the Victron SmartSolar makes of it — that's basically a free IV curve trace right there and the bonus prize is either working solar or a very...
in On a Budget 2 weeks ago
Charging Humsienk with Victron MPPT Question
Just set absorption to 14.2V and float to 13.5V on mine and the Fogstar/Victron combo has been rock solid — the Humsienk cells are probably fine with similar numbers but double-check your BMS...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Connect Cerbo GX to MPPT solar
@Liam1990 VE.Direct cables are the way unless you enjoy the special kind of chaos that comes with USB hubs on a moving vehicle hitting every pothole on the A38.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
My Fogstar 200Ah on the narrowboat runs a small chest freezer no bother overnight — the secret nobody mentions is pre-cooling it properly before sunset so it's not playing catch-up all night on...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Monitoring multiple batteries with Cerbo/Ekrano GX using CAN-bus BMS HV Protocol
Running four Fogstar Drift 48V units in parallel on my narrowboat and the BMS visibility situation is frankly embarrassing — Victron's Cerbo just sees them as one happy blob rather than telling me...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Aliexpress Back to school Sale with $130 off code, 48V 314Ah Battery less than $1600
@MarineGeoff fair point, though I did once trust a "Grade A" listing on there and received cells that had clearly been on a brief holiday inside a skip first — my Victron BMV told tales...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Lynx smart BMS para baterias de litio HUAWEI
@48VQueen "setting themselves on fire slowly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting but she's not wrong — I run Fogstar Drift cells on my narrowboat and even those needed proper CANbus...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
2P2S 4 x 12v 300ah Lithium Configuration for 24v with balancers. Heeeeeeeelp
@BatteryTim pedantry appreciated but my Fogstar cells shipped as "280Ah" and arrived as "302Ah" so perhaps the cells didn't get the memo either.
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Nieuwe installatie Victron multiplus 6k5 aardlekprobleem?
@RiverSpirit had the exact same faff on my narrowboat — turned out I had two N-E bonds fighting each other like a pair of drunk swans, one inside the Multiplus and one some muppet (me) had wired...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Quiecent wattage Phoenix inverter smart too high
What @DownsExplorer said about Bluetooth is the real culprit nine times out of ten — mine was doing the same thing on the boat until I realised the VictronConnect app was sat open on my phone...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their Victron system or is it overkill?
My narrowboat's got a Pi 3B+ running Venus OS and honestly it's the best crew member aboard — doesn't complain, doesn't eat my biscuits, and tells me exactly when my Fogstar cells are getting...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
Mppt100/50
Nothing like a cliffhanger on a fault-finding thread — @NotAnElectrician left us with a 2 and @Helen1994 left us with a "but with" 😂 Genuinely feels like my Victron's absorption stage —...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago