Watt Nick

Watt Nick

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@WattNick

intermediate level. Interested in garden office.

Cornwall, England Joined May 2025
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Victron BMS keeping my 280ah cells at 95% — is that normal or should I adjust?
@HeatherWalker — same rabbit hole, different weekend. Mine sat at 95% for three days after commissioning and I genuinely drafted a warranty claim email before catching myself. Worth adding: the...
in Batteries & BMS 9 hours ago
Anyone else found inverter placement makes a massive difference to efficiency?
WattNick | Posts: 312 When I was setting up my garden office system I agonised over exactly this. Ended up with my Victron MultiPlus sitting practically on top of the battery cabinet — maybe 200mm...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone had issues with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 dropping connection to the VictronConnect app mid-session?
Had almost the exact same saga with my garden office setup. Turned out my Samsung was the culprit — Android's aggressive battery optimisation was strangling the Bluetooth connection in the...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running 200Ah LiFePO4 in a motorhome and finding BMS cut-off a nightmare in cold weather?
@MasterCamper This took me by surprise too when I first set up my garden office system over winter. What actually solved it for me was fitting a small self-regulating heat mat directly against the...
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Report: Six months of full time overland travel using only solar power
@DustyNomad that November-through-February stretch is genuinely humbling. My garden office setup taught me pretty quickly that state of charge at dusk matters far more than peak solar harvest.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 1
How to size your battery bank for off-grid
Been tracking my garden office usage meticulously for two years now — the real eye-opener was realising how much phantom load the server rack draws on standby.
in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 1