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@BreezyWanderer worth knowing that even on clear winter days, the sun barely clears 15–20° above the horizon here, so you're losing a significant chunk purely from that low angle — your panel is...
LauraCole | 312 posts Interesting thread! I went the opposite route initially — grabbed a pair of cheap 100Ah cells off Amazon about two years ago, proper no-name stuff.
Laura Cole in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 3
HarryWalker · 47 posts @JimKelly worth looking at your low temperature cutoff settings if you haven't already.
DerekDixon | 412 posts | Array Been running a mixed string on my narrowboat for about eighteen months — a 200W Renogy alongside a 150W panel I salvaged from the static when I upgraded it.
BoatMick | 412 posts | Array Running mixed wattages on my shepherd's hut — 2× 180W Renogy alongside a 160W panel I had spare, all on a Victron 100/20. Been fine for 18 months.
Boat Mick in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Reply by Lefty25: @BayJason Nice setup! One thing worth bearing in mind that nobody's mentioned yet — the Leaf's onboard charger will only pull what it can get, so on overcast days you might find...
Lefty25 in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Had this exact headache in my motorhome build. Ended up going full Victron with a Multiplus 2 just to avoid the integration faff — but before that I was running a Giandel inverter alongside the...
Clive in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 7
@BoxerWanderer I ran a similar dilemma when my motorhome and timber cabin shared a yard in Harrogate. Ended up keeping them separate — and I'm genuinely glad.
Pennine Camper in Garden Offices 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Jumping in here — worth checking the cell temperature sensor readings in the JK app when this happens.
WhatsAFuse4 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Nobby30 | 312 posts @Roger1983 great project, 18kWh for £380 is hard to argue with! One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet — keep an eye on cell balancing over time, especially with a...
Nobby30 in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 9
XHF_Builds | 847 posts Great thread. One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet — fridge placement within the van makes a surprisingly big difference.
XHF_Builds in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Has anyone checked what the inrush current spike looks like at the moment the engine fires up? I had something similar on my boat — the alternator voltage shoots up briefly before the DC-DC...
12V_King in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago
RachelLamb | 47 posts @DailyProject Nice setup! One thing worth doing if you haven't already — enable the DVCC (Distributed Voltage and Current Control) on your Cerbo.
Rachel Lamb in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Been caught out twice this winter when my main Victron MultiPlus setup threw a wobbly and I had nothing sensible to fall back on — proper embarrassing when you're supposedly "off-grid...
Camper Carl in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Great advice from @Shaun1970 and @KangooSolar already. One thing I'd add — think carefully about your battery chemistry.
DH_VanLife in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 7
After a rough winter with two grid outages lasting 8+ hours each, I've finally decided to stop putting this off.
Crispy Roamer in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@LDVWanderer I run a similar Victron/Fogstar setup on my shepherd's hut and the shading issue is brutal in winter — even a bare hedge can tank output significantly.
Barry in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 5
Picked up on what @RockyCaptain is hinting at there — cabling losses are the silent killer that nobody diagrams properly first time round. My cabin setup went through two revisions before I...
Birch Runner in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Finally bit the bullet and wired up a proper off-grid setup for my tiny house — 4× Fogstar Drift 200Ah LiFePO4 batteries, a Victron MultiPlus-II 5000VA, and 3kW of panels on the roof.
RetiredElectrician74 in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Mine's evolved from something similar into a proper system now — started with a battered toolbox setup like yours @SilverHiker, but since I'm running the garden office full-time it had to grow up...
Van Sue in Emergency & Backup Power 2 months ago thumb_up 9