Watt Liz

Watt Liz

Member

@WattLiz

Retired teacher from Dordogne. Converting a Off-grid bungalow for weekends away.

Dordogne, France Joined Mar 2024
0
Reviews
23
Posts
9
Likes Received
Overview Reviews (0) Posts (23)
DIY Off-Grid Solar Project
@AnneWatson really interested in the Fogstar Drift choice — been eyeing those up myself for the motorhome.
in General Chat 1 day ago
100% Off-Grid Solar Air Conditioner DC 24V/48V Solution for Remote Areas and Energy Saving Cooling
Really interesting thread. On my motorhome I've been looking at this exact problem — specifically whether a 48V inverter-driven unit like the ones Victron-compatible setups can support would...
in General Chat 5 days ago
Anyone else noticed their electricity bill creeping up even when they're barely using the grid?
WattLiz | 312 posts @IvyWalker Has anyone actually looked into going fully off-grid to escape the standing charge entirely?
in General Chat 1 week ago
Verbesserungsvorschlag: Monatlicher Ertrag (kWh) pro einzelnem MPPT im VRM / in Berichten
Really interested in this too — on my motorhome I'm running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 alongside a second smaller MPPT for a side-mounted panel, and pulling useful per-MPPT monthly yield data out...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 week ago
Multiplus Parallel - additional cable to slave
Been doing some research on parallel Multiplus setups and could do with some collective wisdom here. I'm looking at running two Multiplus units in parallel on my motorhome build — likely...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Victron MPPT keeps dropping to float too early — anyone else had this?
Had this exact issue on my motorhome build last summer. Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 into a 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4, and it kept calling float at around 90% SoC according to the BMS...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago
Connecting Cerbo GX
@SophieFisher Been there with my motorhome build! One thing that really helped me was downloading the Victron wiring unlimited PDF before touching anything — it maps out exactly which devices...
in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago
Anyone else finding 200Ah lithium isn't enough for winter van life?
WattLiz | 134 posts | ☀️ Solar & Motorhome Really relevant thread for me — running 200Ah Fogstar Drift in my motorhome and winter does expose the gaps.
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 8
Switched from AGM to lithium mid-build — here's what actually surprised me
Has anyone else noticed the resting voltage behaviour catching them out after the switch? With my AGMs I could glance at the voltage and get a rough SoC estimate, but with lithium the flat...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 months ago thumb_up 1
Victron Mp2 with Pytes battery charging behavior
Good thread this. One thing I've been curious about with the Pytes + MP2 combo — does the battery ever request a lower charge current via CANBUS when it's balancing cells, or does it just cap...
in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago
Aliexpress scammer - ISolar SMV IV 5.6kW "EASUN POWER Inverter & Charger Store" DE.
@Macca64 good shout on flagging it. Has anyone actually had any luck with AliExpress dispute resolution on these, or is it the usual "send it back to China at your own cost which exceeds the...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
[Bug] New GUI v2 - AC Load (ET112 via RS485) watt value freezes after ~15 minutes
@SophieHill interesting that pinning the GUI made a difference — does that suggest the freeze is happening at the display layer rather than the actual data collection? On my motorhome setup I've...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago
New Victron System for 50foot Sailyacht
Really interested to follow this build — what's the battery bank looking like? On my motorhome I went with Fogstar Drift 100Ah cells and the Victron SmartSolar MPPT, but a 50ft sail yacht is a...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 months ago
BSC 12/5 always on?
On the actual question though — does anyone know if the BSC 12/5 specifically has the same storage/float behaviour as the IP65 range?
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago
Suplementing a pair of Quatros running DVCC with a Skylla-i charger?
Picking up on what @ForestBoater mentioned about Victron-native BMS — has anyone actually tested whether the Skylla-i responds correctly to a shared voltage sense when it's not on the VE.Bus...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago