Thommo

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tiny house enthusiast from Suffolk.

Suffolk, England Joined Jun 2024
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Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
@GafferTapeKing19 makes a fair point about what you're protecting. On my tiny house build I made the mistake of running a cheap PWM with a 200W panel array into a 100Ah lithium — the controller...
in On a Budget 5 days ago
Generator won't start after sitting in the shed all winter — any ideas?
@Bomber's spark plug point is solid — worth pulling it out and checking the electrode gap while you're at it, they drift over time. One thing nobody's mentioned yet: the air filter.
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago
GLCE 24v 314ah LiFePO4 Battery Metal Case (Bluetooth) $929 shipped
@HannahDavies85 yeah the dollar pricing is a red flag in itself tbh — nine times out of ten these threads are copy-pasted from US forums and the landed UK cost is a completely different...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Seen this exact thing with my setup. Worth checking your tail current setting in VictronConnect — if it's set too high, the MPPT thinks the battery's full before it actually is.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Narrowboat battery bank keeps dropping overnight – 200Ah not enough?
Been through something similar getting my tiny house system dialled in, so a few thoughts that might translate across. 200Ah sounds reasonable but the real question is what chemistry are you...
in Marine & Boat 3 months ago
Lynx bms disconnects on low cell voltage but battery has 52V
@ExJoiner9 classic cell imbalance issue. 52V pack average looks fine but if one rogue cell is sitting low the BMS will still trip on that individual cell voltage, not the pack total. With 16S...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
Litime 60 Amp Charge Controller Solar App Issue
@DefenderAdventure yeah the Bluetooth on those Litime controllers is pretty temperamental. I had constant drop-outs on my tiny house build until I figured out it's basically line-of-sight...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Battery going offline when min SOC reached
Been having a similar head-scratcher with my setup lately and wondering if anyone else has come across this. Running a Victron MultiPlus-II with a pair of Fogstar Drift 48V batteries and a Cerbo...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
DESS and consumption forecast
Been running a Victron Multiplus-II 3000 in my tiny house setup for about eight months now and recently started experimenting with DESS for smarter charge/discharge scheduling.
in Q&A 3 months ago
Generator surging with MultiPlus-II 3000VA and other questions
@CrispyRoamer what generator are you running with it? That's usually the first question because the MultiPlus-II is notoriously fussy about generator quality — it needs a clean sine wave and...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
ESS continuous export with AC-THOR after heater turns off. Do I need ET112?
Been thinking about this one as it's relevant to my tiny house setup too. Running an EasySolar 48/3000 here (similar to the situation that prompted this) and I've been looking at adding an AC THOR...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Anyone else using their EV as emergency home backup? Sharing what actually works
@CornishNomad interesting timing on this thread — been mulling over exactly this for the tiny house build. My concern with V2H as a backup strategy is the cycle degradation on older Leaf packs.
in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else finding MPPT controllers lie about battery state of charge?
@Neil1962 the Victron SmartSolar is doing voltage-based SOC estimation, which is basically useless for LiFePO4 given how flat the discharge curve is.
in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running a tiny house setup in a motorhome rather than a static build?
Been down the rabbit hole on this for a while now. My situation is a bit unusual — I'm trying to keep things genuinely tiny-house minimal but in a mobile format, so every kg and every cubic...
in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Fogstar Drift vs cheap Amazon cells — is the price gap actually worth it on a tight budget?
Tiny house builder here so I've gone through exactly this dilemma. One thing nobody's touched on yet — warranty and support.
in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 1