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Tips, tricks and finds for off-grid on a budget.

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Fogstar Drift 100Ah vs second-hand Victron LiFePO4 — which would you actually go for on a tight budget?

by Drift_Geek · 4 months ago

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by 12VNerd

Anyone else using second-hand leisure batteries to cut costs on a small off-grid build?

by Spud79 · 4 months ago

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by Ash Walker

Anyone actually saved money going secondhand LiFePO4, or is it a false economy?

by ExFirefighter · 4 months ago

4 months ago

by Andy Williams

Anyone else running a leisure battery setup off a cheap PWM controller and actually getting decent results?

by T5 Build · 4 months ago

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by Loch Lover

Picked up a used 100Ah leisure battery for £25 — worth it or false economy?

by Jake Shaw · 5 months ago

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by Jack Hunt

Anyone successfully run a 12v compressor fridge off a single 100Ah LiFePO4 with just one 100w panel?

by LiFePO4Geek · 4 months ago

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by Forest Dweller

Anyone else running a small wind turbine alongside solar to stretch the budget further?

by Glen Dixon · 4 months ago

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by Glen Dixon

Anyone else running a cheap Chinese MPPT alongside a decent inverter — how are you getting on?

by Ken Crane · 4 months ago

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by FET_Queen

Fogstar Drift vs second-hand server rack cells — is the price gap actually worth it for a boat install?

by Doug Pearce · 4 months ago

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4 months ago

by Panel Ewan

Garden office solar on the cheap — what's the minimum viable setup?

by Camper Ewan · 5 months ago

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by DH_VanLife

Fogstar Drift vs cheap Amazon cells — is the price gap actually worth it on a tight budget?

by OffGrid Tel · 5 months ago

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4 months ago

by Hilux Life

Managed to build a working garden office solar setup for under £400 — here's what I used

by 48VGal · 4 months ago

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by Dodgy Spanner

Anyone else running a cheap AliExpress MPPT alongside a name-brand one? Curious how you're getting on

by MPPT_Fan · 4 months ago

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4 months ago

by Charlie Stevens

Anyone else built a decent 12v system for under £300? Here's what I cobbled together

by Steve Burns · 4 months ago

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by OddJobBob79

Anyone else running a split-charge relay instead of a DC-DC charger to save money — worth it long term?

by Van Mark · 5 months ago

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by Ed Hamilton

Fogstar Drift vs generic cells — is the price gap actually worth it for a basic shepherd's hut build?

by Les Wood · 5 months ago

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by Ray Cross

Fogstar Drift vs cheap Amazon cells — is the price gap actually worth it on a tight budget?

by Scouse · 4 months ago

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by Boycie

Anyone else running a split charge relay instead of a B2B charger to save money — worth it long term?

by Van Barry · 5 months ago

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by Andy Robinson

Cheap EV charging at my static — is a used Victron MultiPlus worth hunting down?

by Muddy Trekker · 5 months ago

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by Volt Jack

Anyone else running Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in a shepherd's hut through winter — how's it holding up?

by Valley Child · 4 months ago

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by LB_Camper

Anyone managed a decent 12v solar setup for under £200 total? What did you actually buy?

by Chippy33 · 4 months ago

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by Dusty Wanderer

Anyone managed EV charging from a modest solar/battery setup without spending a fortune?

by ThingamyBob · 4 months ago

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4 months ago

by ThingamyBob

Anyone else built a decent 12v system for under £300? Share your parts list

by Wild Mechanic · 5 months ago

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4 months ago

by Shaun Webb

Anyone actually running a full 12v setup on nothing but cheap eBay panels? What's the real-world verdict?

by Sarah Frost · 5 months ago

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by Jonno88

Anyone actually running a van system on reclaimed 18650 cells? Worth the hassle?

by Fenland VanLifer · 5 months ago

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by FETFan

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