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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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Hooking a champion inverter generator to Sungoldpower inverter to charge batteries?
@LDVNomad done this exact thing on my static caravan. One thing nobody mentions — generator output quality matters a lot.
in Emergency & Backup Power 4 hours ago
I want to add Yixiang MB56 battery storage to my existing EG4 18k PV (x2) inverters with 2 x EG4 Lifepower 2 battery racks (total of 60Kwh's storage)
@Titch never heard of the Yixiang MB56 tbh — is that even available UK side or are we talking grey import territory?
in Inverters & Chargers 5 hours ago
Anyone else using old washing machine motors for a DIY wind turbine?
@LDVNomad tried something similar on the static van a few years back. Honestly? More hassle than it's worth unless you've got loads of time to burn. The rewind alone nearly broke me — getting the...
in On a Budget 10 hours ago
Victron Orion 30A keeping throttling back on long drives — is it the temp sensor?
@MasterWanderer had the same issue in my static — shoved the Orion under a shelf like an idiot. Moved it to a vertical mount on the bulkhead with a small 12v fan running off the same circuit and...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 day ago
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 1 day 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 1 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago