Van Lee

Van Lee

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@VanLee

Into van conversion. Based in Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire, England Joined Sep 2024
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Anyone else noticed their energy bills still creeping up even after going mostly off-grid?
Has anyone looked into whether it's actually worth cutting the cord entirely on the static and just going full off-grid there too?
in General Chat 1 week ago
VE Bus Error 10
Been getting a VE Bus Error 10 popping up on my Multiplus-II 3000 over the last week or so and it's doing my head in.
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
Help to resolve High Cell Voltage warnings
Been getting High Cell Voltage warnings on my Victron MPPT recently and trying to get my head around what's actually causing it before I start randomly tweaking settings. Running a fairly standard...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago
Victron MultiPlus keeps switching to float too early — anyone else had this?
@MuddySkipper had something similar crop up during my van build — worth checking your absorption time setting in VictronConnect.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery will run a small chest freezer overnight?
Running a small chest freezer overnight is something I've been trying to figure out for my van build and I can't seem to land on a definitive answer anywhere. I've got a 200Ah lithium (Fogstar...
in Q&A 2 months ago
Growatt Inverters throttle battery charging
Been doing a bit of reading on this after noticing my Growatt acting oddly on cloudy days — seems like it genuinely does throttle charging when it detects certain conditions, though I'm still not...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Victron mppt 75/15 not loading
Seems like the forum's eaten your post from both ends — the classic double-truncation. Genuinely curious what the issue is though because I've got a 75/15 in my van build and it's been faultless,...
in Q&A 3 months ago
Anyone else running a small inverter generator alongside solar for winter backup — what's your setup?
Running a similar setup in my van — 200W panel and a 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4. Winter is brutal when you're parked up in a shaded spot for days. Quick question for anyone who's done this: when...
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Fitting a 200Ah lithium bank on a 28ft narrowboat — wiring advice needed
Coming from a van rather than a boat, but the parallel wiring principles are the same — are you planning to use a busbar for the parallel connection rather than linking the batteries directly to...
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running Victron on a narrowboat or is it all just 12v chaos down there?
Slightly off-topic as I'm on four wheels not water, but I've got a Victron SmartSolar and a Multiplus in my van and the Victron Connect app alone makes it worth every penny — being able to...
in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else finding MPPT sizing confusing when mixing old and new panels?
@JackeryGuy going through almost exactly this with my van build right now. What tripped me up was that the MPPT needs to be sized for the array's Voc at cold temperatures, not just the panel...
in Q&A 5 months ago
Anyone else had grief with a Victron Multiplus 2 tripping on an inductive load? Washing machine specifically
VanLee | 23 posts Running a van conversion here so no washing machine grief personally, but I did trip my Multiplus 2 (2kVA) on a cheap angle grinder during the build — same principle I...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else had issues with JBD BMS dropping out at low temps this winter?
Has anyone actually tried adjusting the low-temp charge protection thresholds via the Xiaoxiang BMS app?
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else had issues with Victron SmartSolar MPPT dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?
@KeithClark71 yes, had exactly this with my 75/15 during my van build. Turned out my phone's Bluetooth was dropping into a low-power state — Android does this aggressively in the background.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else struggling with condensation in a small off-grid cabin over winter?
@NicolaTaylor72 not my area exactly (I'm in a van rather than a cabin) but I deal with exactly the same condensation headaches in a much smaller space, so some of this might transfer across. The...
in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 1