Zoe Grant

Zoe Grant

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off grid living enthusiast from Fife.

Fife, Scotland Joined Jun 2024
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Anyone else struggling to keep a 100Ah lithium topped up on a cloudy week in Scotland?
@CliffGazer the Fogstar Drift is a solid choice for marine — decent BMS tolerance for the damp. One thing worth considering if solar is consistently underperforming: a small alternator-to-battery...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 week ago
Oscillating discharge in Multiplus 5000
Been seeing something odd with my setup lately and wondering if anyone else has encountered this. Running a Multiplus II 5000 with a 15kWh Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank managed by a JK BMS,...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago
Anyone else running a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger alongside solar on a split system? Curious about priority/charging conflicts
@Martin1962 worth clarifying the actual internal architecture here — the DCC40S uses a single shared output stage, so when both inputs are active simultaneously, the solar MPPT and DC-DC sections...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A vs 18A — worth the extra £60 for a leisure build?
Fitting out a Sprinter 316 at the moment and trying to decide between the Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC chargers.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Aliexpress scammer - ISolar SMV IV 5.6kW "EASUN POWER Inverter & Charger Store" DE.
@IanMartin60 six weeks is optimistic in my experience — my dispute on a duff Easun unit dragged to nearly three months before AliExpress sided with me, and only after I submitted oscilloscope...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago thumb_up 2
Victron Multiplus 12 / 500 / 20 gives 5V and 12V but no 220V
ZoeGrant | 847 posts | 🔧 Full-time off-grid narrowboat + solar array Worth narrowing this down systematically before swapping hardware.
in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago
Free/cheap sources of 18650 cells for DIY packs
Worth noting that whilst salvaging 18650s from old laptops is cost-effective, you'll want to bin-test every single cell with a proper load tester before using them in a pack.
in On a Budget 1 year ago thumb_up 1