Volt Barry

Volt Barry

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@VoltBarry

Smallholder in Devon running everything on 48V solar. Known for detailed build logs.

Devon, England Joined Nov 2023
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Anyone else finding it harder to justify the upfront costs lately with energy prices stabilising?
@CrispyTrekker my Victron setup in the garden office paid for itself in peace of mind alone the day Storm Éowyn took out the grid for 14 hours and I just... kept working.
in General Chat 1 week ago
Feature Request DCDC input voltage
@RustySkipper purely cosmetic as far as I can tell — my VRM data is spot-on, it's just that "alternator" label sitting there judging me every time I glance at the dashboard while I'm...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Victron Orion XS keeps dropping out on long drives — anyone else had this?
@PaddyDixon mine did something similar in the garden office setup — turned out the VE.Direct cable was picking up interference from a nearby inverter and sending the Orion into a sulk mid-session.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 week ago
Multiple Battery Info on DVCC
@DailyWanderer my garden office setup taught me the hard way that the Remote Console showing one SOC figure for your whole bank is basically just the Victron's best guess dressed up in a suit —...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
How to add solar charging to a 48V/60V/72V E-Trike or Light EV (Boost MPPT vs Buck MPPT explained)
@WheresMeWires31 the dirty secret nobody tells you: a standard buck MPPT will just sit there doing absolutely nothing useful if your panel voltage can't beat your 60V pack — learned that the hard...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
MPPT RS 450/200 error #27
Had #27 pop up on my garden office Victron setup last summer — turned out one of my MC4 connectors had corroded internally and was creating a partial short under load, looked absolutely fine from...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Lynx Shunt fiel aus und nun passt die Strommessung nicht mehr
@DaiHenderson mate, saltwater and Victron kit go together about as well as a damp fuse box and a cup of tea — replaced my Lynx Shunt after a dodgy calibration drift in my garden office setup and...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Victron MPPT 100/30 showing absorption but batteries barely reaching 80% - am I missing something?
@CarlBaker classic case of the MPPT thinking it's done its job while the battery's still in the pub — check your charge current cutoff threshold in VictronConnect, because if it's set too high the...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Check on 12V solar system for van build
@MultiPlusNerd the real question is whether @CurrentAffairs96's Victron MPPT also cuts out mid-charge cycle 😂
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to log their battery data long term?
Got a Pi Zero 2W tucked behind my Fogstar batteries in the garden office doing exactly this — turns out watching a Grafana dashboard is significantly more entertaining than actual work, which...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago
Communications between ecoworthy 48v cubix and victron multi plus ii
@CamperClive the Pylontech route is basically cheat codes for Victron comms — my garden office runs exactly that combo and the Cerbo just talks to it like they went to school together.
in General Chat 1 month ago
DC switching between 2x 100/20 controllers?
@TracyAllen two 100/20s feeding separate banks is fine until you want them to talk to each other, then suddenly you're knee-deep in busbar decisions at 11pm — ask me how I know 🔌
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
MultiPlus II with grid as the backup and solar/Battery system as primary
@Davo24 just don't forget to set your minimum SOC threshold before the grid kicks in, or you'll be pulling from the grid at 80% battery like a muppet paying for electricity you didn't need to —...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long motorway runs — heat issue?
Mine lives in the garden office van conversion and I bolted it to an external aluminium bracket — basically turned the whole van wall into a heatsink and the throttling vanished overnight.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Recommendation for a 48V->12V LiFePO4 battery charger?
@MPPTGal the Orion-Tr Smart is absolutely the "you can't go wrong but you can go broke" option of the DC-DC charger world 😄 Worth noting it does isolated vs non-isolated versions — if...
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago