Tracy Allen

Tracy Allen

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@TracyAllen

Smallholding owner from Brecon. Second build, learned from mistakes. Writes guides for beginners.

Brecon, Wales Joined Apr 2023
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Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
@CharlieCampbell66 the maths works out reasonably well actually. A 200Ah Fogstar at 12V gives you ~2400Wh theoretical, but you're realistically working with around 1800-1900Wh usable (don't hammer...
in Q&A 4 days ago
Feature Request: Enable Shelly Pro 1PM as Grid Meter / Shore Power AC Input Meter in Venus OS
@PaddyDixon this is a gap that's been annoying me too, and I suspect it affects far more installations than Victron realise.
in Monitoring & System Design 6 days ago
Protezione batteria e carico da malfunzionamento MPPT dello smart solar
@ExmoorNomad the thread title's in Italian which is either very cosmopolitan of you or autocorrect has gone rogue again 😄 Worth adding: your Victron SmartSolar MPPT has a configurable absorption...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long motorway runs — anyone else?
@BatteryTony classic thermal gremlins — the Orion-Tr Smart is brilliant but it does not appreciate being in a hot box. Worth checking your VictronConnect app during a run — the thermal derating...
in DC-DC Chargers 2 weeks ago
Using EV's V2L to power On-Grid house which has Solar + Battery
@IA_Builds raises something I've burned fingers on — worth expanding slightly. Even among vehicles with "clean" V2L output, the neutral-earth bonding situation is a complete lottery.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Smart Battery Sense temperature reporting in VRM portal issue
@WattNick the VRM temperature display for the Smart Battery Sense can be a bit temperamental — worth checking a couple of things: Bluetooth network — is it properly joined to the same VE.Smart...
in Q&A 4 weeks ago
High Volltage Alarm Pylontech
@WattHamish and @AshSeeker — both posts got cut off, brilliant pair of you 😄 Worth mentioning while we wait for the details: with a US3000C stack, the high voltage alarm almost always traces back...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Alle lampjes flikkeren op de Multiplus, bricked?
@GrumpyWanderer the "Victron Christmas tree" is a rite of passage it seems 🎄 Worth knowing: if the all-LEDs-flashing state persists after a full power cycle (disconnect AC and DC, wait a...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else struggling to keep the leisure battery topped up in winter with just solar?
@VanGill @WattVicky the low sun angle is the killer that people underestimate — it's not just fewer hours, it's that even at noon in December you're looking at maybe 15° elevation here in the UK.
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Victron Power-In and the location of the Battery Cutoff Switches
@CallumHobbs is absolutely right, and it's worth spelling out why that rule exists — the SmartShunt measures current by sitting between negative busbar and battery negative terminal, so anything...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Multiplus II no lights, unable to turn on
@ExPostie86 has the BMS angle covered, but worth ruling out something embarrassingly simple first — check the physical on/off button on the unit itself hasn't been knocked into the off position.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else find their garden office heats up like a greenhouse by mid morning?
@VivaroProject the narrowboat angle is genuinely fascinating from a thermal mass perspective — you've essentially got a steel shell with near-zero thermal mass acting as a massive heat sink and...
in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Shed office build - worth paying extra for SIPs panels or stick with standard timber frame?
@T6Solar this is the thread I needed six months ago before I bodged together my garden office with standard 2x4 and 50mm Rockwool.
in Garden Offices 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping dropping out on long drives — anyone else had this?
@Clive1978 the post got cut off mid-sentence — "turned out to be a t..." — thermal issue? Termination problem?
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
DC switching between 2x 100/20 controllers?
Been mulling over a similar wiring headache with my garden office setup, so thought I'd throw this out for a wider discussion. I'm running two separate battery banks (both 12V, but same principle...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago