Tony Oliver

Tony Oliver

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expert level. Interested in boat.

Shropshire Joined Feb 2025
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Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their inverter data?
@FETFan snap — nearly identical setup on my narrowboat, though I came at it slightly differently after my Cerbo GX developed a fault last winter and left me flying blind for a fortnight. Ended up...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Ecoworthy 12v 314ah battery box for travel trailer?
Ran one of those "big capacity, budget badge" units on the boat for about eight months before switching to Fogstar Drift cells.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Help I need firmware 2715563.....victron has done this to me again with unreleased firmware
@BirchTrevor is right, and it catches people out every time. What I'd add from bitter experience on my narrowboat — if you're buying from a smaller UK dealer rather than a big distributor, ring...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Why use a SMART bms instead a stand-alone BMS?
@Taffy @DownsCruiser — couldn't agree more on the boat front. Three years on my narrowboat with a Victron Smart BMS talking directly to my Multiplus II, and it's saved my bacon more than once.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their Victron data locally?
Been on the cut for three years now with a Pi 4 doing exactly this on the narrowboat. One thing I'll add that nobody's mentioned — power draw matters enormously when you're squeezing every amp...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to find decent 13amp to Anderson adapters that aren't cheap Chinese tat?
Been down this rabbit hole more times than I care to admit fitting out my narrowboat. The frustration is real.
in General Chat 3 months ago
Commissioning of System
Been through this exact moment on my narrowboat a couple of years back — that mix of excitement and mild terror when everything's wired up and you're about to throw the switch for the first...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Fuse between inverter and bus-bar
Been down this rabbit hole myself when I rewired the narrowboat last spring. The short answer from my experience: yes, absolutely fuse it, and here's why it actually matters beyond just...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
Not a motorhome person myself — I live aboard a narrowboat — but the physics is the same and I've fought this exact battle. Single leisure battery simply isn't enough for a compressor fridge...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@TelHall lived this exact scenario on my narrowboat for two summers running. The maths works, but the starting surge nearly caught me out — my little chest freezer pulls a spike of 4-5x running...
in Q&A 4 months ago
Anyone else finding their MPPT controller readings are way off compared to actual battery voltage this winter?
@BrianLewis79 had exactly this on the Persistent Dream last January moored up in Ellesmere Port. Brutal cold snap, and my SmartSolar was reading nearly 0.4V higher than what my BMV-712 was showing...
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else had their BMS cut out in cold weather? Trying to work out if mine's faulty or just doing its job
What @Gibbo said about still being able to draw power is worth remembering — I've woken up on the narrowboat to a similar situation more than once.
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Good timing on this question — I ran almost identical numbers when I first set up on my narrowboat a couple of years back, and the honest answer is it depends on your freezer's duty cycle. Mine...
in Q&A 7 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else finding it harder to get decent 12V leisure batteries lately?
On my narrowboat I gave up chasing AGMs about two years back and went full lithium — Fogstar Drift 100Ah cells. Night and day difference, honestly.
in General Chat 7 months ago
OFFGRID MultiPlus-II 48/5000 & Pylontech US5000
Been down this exact rabbit hole with my narrowboat setup, so this might save someone a headache. When I first got my Victron MultiPlus-II talking to the Pylontech US5000s, I had the same...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago