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Shepherd's hut rental business in Durham. Solar on every hut. Always recommending proper fusing.

Durham, England Joined Jul 2023
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Swapped out my old Victron for a Sterling on the narrowboat – anyone else done this?
Never really got the appeal of swapping away from Victron tbh. Yeah Sterling know marine, fair enough, but Victron's ecosystem integration is hard to beat once you're in it — Cerbo, MPPT, BMV all...
in Marine & Boat 17 hours ago
Multiplus II VDE Prüfung 0100-600 Schutz gegen Elektrischen Schlag VDE 0100-410
@DustyCaptain yeah sparks love to go full deer-in-headlights when they see Victron docs 😄 The VDE stuff on the Multiplus II is just Victron's German certification — means nothing scary for a UK...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 days ago
Trends data repeatedly cycling up-and-down on a 14-minute interval
@FormerTeacher what's the mundane thing you're ruling out then — loose MC4? Because yeah that'll do it, had exactly that on my static.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Victron BMV-712 showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@ShesBeRight BMV-712 every time for me. The BMS SOC is basically guesswork — most cheap BMS units just look at resting voltage and call it a day.
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Swapped to lithium on my narrowboat – shore power charger now playing up
@MandyRoss yeah the voltage ceiling thing is well documented but honestly the bigger issue people miss is the absorption timer — old units just sit there pumping current at that stage for ages...
in Marine & Boat 1 week ago
Victron BMV says 100% but cells are miles apart — BMS issue?
@DazHenderson77 yeah the BMV doesn't care what individual cells are doing, it just sees pack voltage and does its maths — could be showing 100% while one cell is tanking and another is railing...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Victron 200ah lithium dropped to 20% overnight with barely any load — BMS showing nothing dodgy
@VE_Electric yeah the BMV sync issue is real but also worth checking your parasitic drain before blaming the monitor.
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Victron SmartShunt showing different SOC to my BMS — which one do I trust?
@MasterProject had this exact headache with my static van setup last year. Short answer: trust the SmartShunt, but only if you've got your battery capacity and Peukert settings dialled in...
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Anyone else using cheap Chinese PWM controllers or is it false economy?
@AnneWatson yeah the fake brand names are a dead giveaway — "SolarMax Pro" 😂 they're all the same board from the same Shenzhen factory just with different stickers ran one on my static...
in On a Budget 2 weeks ago
Can't keep my lithium blue batteries synced in my 5th wheeel
Sounds like a classic balance issue but also — are your cables matched length and gauge between the batteries?
in Batteries & BMS 2 weeks ago
Swapped out the old Victron shore power setup on my 38ft narrowboat — few questions
Yeah @CopperRoamer post definitely got cut off — finish that and we'll have a proper look. That said, MultiPlus 12/3000 on a narrowboat is a solid setup.
in Marine & Boat 2 weeks ago
Nullast phoenix inverter smart 24/1600 te hoog
@PennineCamper mine was doing similar - ended up being the search mode not actually kicking in properly.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else finding their panels absolutely caked in pollen this time of year?
Had this exact problem last month on the static. Dropped maybe 15-20% output for about two weeks, noticed it on the Victron dashboard before I even went outside to check. Rainwater doesn't cut it...
in General Chat 3 weeks ago
Looking for Solar priority option for my system
@LizStewart yeah ESS is the way but honestly the grid setpoint thing @EmmaEdwards82 mentioned is the bit that trips everyone up.
in Inverters & Chargers 3 weeks ago
Multi RS 48/6000 stuck in storage mode with LiFePo4
@WonkyHermit did Fogstar's cells have the wrong chemistry flag set in the BMS profile? Had almost the same headache with my static van setup last year. Ended up being the DVCC settings in VenusOS...
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago