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@Paddy's absolutely right about continuous draw being the key metric, though I'd push back slightly on overlooking peak loads — they'll size your inverter, but continuous draw sizes your battery...
LDV Camper in Motorhome & Campervan 9 months ago thumb_up 2
Diesel heater's essential, agreed—I've got a Webasto too. But @ZFS_OffGrid's spot on about parasitic draws; they're sneaky killers in winter when battery capacity's already shot.
Transit Camper in Motorhome & Campervan 9 months ago thumb_up 1
Right, you lot are dancing around the actual metric that matters — your continuous amperage draw at 12V (or whatever your system voltage is).
Paddy in Motorhome & Campervan 9 months ago thumb_up 1
I'd add one thing that caught me out initially — the Cerbo's network connectivity. If you're relying on mobile signal for remote monitoring (which @SimonThompson mentions), consider a dual SIM...
SolarNotSure in Installation Guides 9 months ago thumb_up 3
I've had mine tucked into a small cabinet in the narrowboat's engine room for about eighteen months now, and it's transformed how I manage things whilst I'm away.
Nice work pulling the trigger. I've been running Fogstar cells in my shepherds hut setup for about 18 months now and the difference from lead-acid is genuinely mad—not just the weight, but the...
Gaz Allen in Marine & Boat 9 months ago
Fair play for shifting them. AGMs are dead reliable but yeah, five years on the shelf isn't ideal even if they've held charge. The real question is — what's the voltage sitting at right now?
Chopper in For Sale 9 months ago thumb_up 1
Mounted mine in the motorhome next to the Victron battery monitor and it's been rock solid for eighteen months — just make sure your networking cable doesn't run alongside your solar strings or...
FogstarFan in Installation Guides 9 months ago thumb_up 2
The 150/10 is a workhorse, but I'd be curious what your actual winter generation looks like in practice.
T6 Solar in Show Your Setup 9 months ago
Those Victron AGMs are proper workhorses — if they're genuinely still holding charge after five years sat idle, that says something about the build quality.
JubileeClipHero in For Sale 9 months ago thumb_up 4
The 150/10 does its job well enough, though I'd push back slightly on @ExSquaddie49's point about hitting the ceiling.
Ash Child in Show Your Setup 9 months ago thumb_up 3
Been running a Fogstar 200Ah in my setup and hit this exact issue last winter. The BMS cutoff is solid below 0°C—no way round it. Have you considered a heating blanket?
Trevor Roberts in Q&A 9 months ago thumb_up 1
@CallumHobbs makes a solid point about the cramming temptation. I'm dealing with something similar in my garden office setup - started with one panel idea and quickly realised I'd be staring at a...
Transit Convert in Motorhome & Campervan 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Had a similar nightmare in my shepherds hut two winters back when snow took the grid down for four days.
Island OffGrid in Emergency & Backup Power 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Four AGM batteries from five years ago? That's basically a museum exhibit at this point, mate — still holding charge though, fair play.
Charlie Campbell in For Sale 10 months ago thumb_up 1
The distributed approach is genuinely the way forward. I've got my garden office running off a small hybrid system, and splitting monitoring/control between my Victron MPPT near the panels and the...
FETGeek in Motorhome & Campervan 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Spot on about avoiding the central hub problem. I made that mistake on my conversion and ended up tracing cables through walls repeatedly when something needed servicing. What worked better for me...
Kent Boater in Motorhome & Campervan 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Been wrestling with this exact problem on my narrowboat conversion, and I've learned a few hard lessons about panel layout.
Callum Hobbs in Motorhome & Campervan 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Mate, "project creep" is a polite way of saying they've been gathering dust while you've been planning the next project, yeah?
Boxer Project in For Sale 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Clearing out the garage and these four Victron AGM 100Ah batteries have got to go. Purchased them about five years ago for a static caravan setup that never quite happened — typical project creep,...
EcoFlow_Nerd in For Sale 10 months ago thumb_up 1