Category: Geek

  • New Website!

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    2024 heralds a new Wildebus Website! Not that exciting an event really, but I decided to move to a new hosting service that is hopefully a bit faster than the old one (it did seem to take quite a while for the old site to open up and respond, and I *think* it was more

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  • Slimmed Down Store

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    You may have noticed if a previous customer or user of Wildebus.com that our on-line store looks a little different? There are a few reasons for this. We previously had a wide range of kit and it was an endless job keeping track of the different products and the prices as things fluctuated in this

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  • Control Power to Fridge based on Battery Level

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    Some Hints & Tips on setting up Kit for your Camper Please Note: The content here is provided as general advice and information and is not specific to YOU or YOUR vehicle.It should be used at your risk, is not warranted or guaranteed in any way and we are not liable for any losses or

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  • How much power does Monitoring Power Use actually use?

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    ​ ​It is useful to be able to monitor the power in your Motorhome.  But monitoring power uses power, but how much?   I decided to check on my system before I get it all ready for trips out once the weather is warmer 🙂 I have a Victron setup for monitoring everything.  This includes

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  • Inverter Overhead

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    Introduction All Inverters have overheads of course, and it is useful to know what that overhead is to convert what the Wattage quoted on the label of an AC device you have actually translates to when used off your Batteries via an inverter. This might be of particular interest to Victron MultiPlus users, especially if

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  • Power Management and Monitoring – Pt 1

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    Links to Images and pages will be corrected and updated where possible This will be a multi-part series so please check out all the sections! Part 1 – Monitoring Options Every Campervan and Motorhome will have Lesiure Batteries installed. But no matter what type of Batteries you have, and no matter how many batteries you

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  • Power Management and Monitoring – Pt2

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    Links to Images and pages will be corrected and updated where possible This will be a multi-part series so please check out all the sections! Part 2 – System Monitoring via Victron Bluetooth ‘Connect’ In Part 1 – Monitoring Options – I discussed various types of ways to see what your battery system is doing

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  • Power Management and Monitoring – Pt 3

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    Links to Images and pages will be corrected and updated where possible This will be a multi-part series so please check out all the sections! Part 3 – System Monitoring via Victron Remote Management The previous section – System Monitoring via Victron Bluetooth ‘Connect’ – I showed how to use the Victron Bluetooth ‘Connect’ Apps

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  • I know a lot of people have these Aili Battery Monitors and they are pretty good. I have supplied quite a few and not had any problems, but the last one showed some strange behaviour and I thought it might be worth sharing as others may find this happening to their Monitors at some time

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  • I wanted on-tap hot water in Clarence, my Campervan Conversion, but I don’t have – or want – on-board plumbed in Gas, and I didn’t want to fit an expensive Eberspacher water heater, so took a similar approach to this that I have done with other aspects of the build.That is to repurpose domestic products

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