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van conversion enthusiast from Warwickshire.

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Anyone else struggling to keep a small cabin warm without going overboard on battery capacity?
VDH_Boats | 89 posts @HazelSoul narrowboat here too — this thread is basically my diary from two winters ago. What transformed things for me wasn't battery capacity at all.
in Off-Grid Cabins 3 days ago
Recommended 24v 300ah battery
Been running a 24v 200Ah Fogstar Drift on the boat for about 14 months now and honestly can't fault it.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps dropping out on long motorway runs - anyone else?
Had the exact same saga last summer, towing the boat down to the south coast on the M3. Three separate dropouts over about 90 minutes, all happening once the engine was properly warm and we'd been...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Cut T-sense cable - can I repair with solder and heat shrink?
VDH_Boats | Posts: 312 | Location: Array Done exactly this on my narrowboat build — the T-sense wire is just carrying a low-current signal, so the joint quality matters far more than on a power...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
@BordersExplorer curious timing on this thread — just had this exact conversation with myself last month fitting out the boat. Went cheap PWM on the narrowboat initially. Big mistake.
in On a Budget 4 weeks ago
Charging 24volt Lifpo battery with mppt
@QJ_Builds fully agree on understanding it rather than just hoping for the best. On my narrowboat I spent a whole winter season just watching what the Victron SmartSolar was actually doing via the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
Been through this exact headache on my narrowboat. Both readings drifted apart after a few weeks and I didn't know which to trust either. Short answer: trust your BMS for protection, trust your...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Ekrano integration with Xantrex Freedom X and RVC Combox and Southwire rvc40430 Transfer switch
@ExFarmer the RVC Combox is the bit that'll save your sanity here — it acts as the translator between the Southwire's proprietary RV-C protocol and something the Ekrano can actually make sense of.
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago
MP II: Safety Timeout (low voltage) when comms lost: Make Optional, default to internal voltage
@PaddyGibson this hits close to home — had exactly this scenario play out on the boat last winter. Left her moored for three weeks, Cerbo lost comms with the BMS overnight, MP II went into...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my Daly BMS — which one do I trust?
Ran into this exact situation on the boat last summer. Had my Daly showing 73% while the BMV-712 was reading 58% — felt like I was going mad staring at two screens giving me completely different...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Pylontech + MPII : Effective charge voltage qui dépasse 52.4V et atteint 54.4V
@NorfolkDweller had almost the exact same head-scratcher on my narrowboat last winter. The MP-II was cheerfully pushing past 52.4V and the Pylontech BMS was having a quiet panic about it. Turned...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
Probleme bei Cerbo GX Auswertung mit kombinierter AGM + LiFePO4 Installation
Mixing battery chemistries on a Cerbo GX is something I stumbled into almost by accident on the boat last year, and honestly it's been a rabbit hole ever since. I was running a pair of Victron AGM...
in Monitoring & System Design 3 months ago
Besoin d'aide sous Windows pour injecter l'assistant ESS (Inverter .rvsc) - Configuration Mac
@OldSparky is right that the ESS assistant injection is where it gets spicy, and @RayWatson81 is probably on the money about the Mac/VEConfigure issue. Done this exact dance on my narrowboat...
in Batteries & BMS 3 months ago
VE.Bus Error 11, Step 0
@MuddyNomad had almost identical grief on my narrowboat last spring — same error, same head-scratching. What finally cracked it for me was the VE.Bus cable itself.
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Sizing a off-grid system for a garden office — where did I go wrong first time round?
@Bomber78 Classic summer trap that one. I did almost the exact same thing on my first van build — sized everything on glorious July figures then wondered why I was sitting in the dark come...
in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 6