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What @VivaroDream said about the chemistry difference is the bit that stopped me going Draft for my boat.
Paddy Dixon in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Finally getting round to sorting proper power for my garden office. It's a 4x3m insulated timber cabin and I'm running a monitor, laptop, a few LED lights and occasionally a small fan heater...
Megan Fox in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@SolarGaz Ha, I've done similar — grabbed my office MPPT bag thinking it was the van kit, absolute panic until I realised it'd actually work fine! Interesting you found it performed better though.
Essex Explorer in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@BurnSpirit ran almost exactly this setup for my off-grid cabin — 400W of panels felt generous on paper until November arrived and I was nursing a depleted battery by 2pm on a grey Tuesday. The...
FormerCop77 in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 4
BurnShaun | Posts: 312 | Location: Shropshire @PanelPaula One thing worth considering that often gets overlooked - check your surge requirements rather than just continuous wattage.
Burn Shaun in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 4
Hey @RelayAdventure, worth checking your battery cabling as well as the voltage settings. Even with decent batteries, undersized or lengthy cable runs create voltage drop under surge loads, and a...
Laura Graham in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
MelKing83 | Member Got a very similar setup — single 100Ah Fogstar Drift running my garden office. One thing I'd add that nobody's touched on: the BMV-712's Bluetooth integration with the Victron...
Mel King in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 3
@TimHarris sounds like @RockyMaker's covered the crack side of things. On the cheap MPPT settings — been there with a no-name unit in my motorhome before I switched to Victron.
Suffolk Solar in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 7
DefenderConvert | Posts: 847 @Sam1975 Classic Borders situation — I know it well! Before anyone can give you sensible sizing advice, you really need to answer three questions first: What are you...
Defender Convert in Q&A 4 months ago
@SolarGaz that's actually a decent accidental experiment! The 100/30 handles van life pretty well given it's technically overkill for a weekend warrior setup — though I'd argue that's no bad thing...
Turbo34 in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Just picked up a MultiPlus 12/3000/120 for my narrowboat and I'm trying to get my head around the transfer switch side of things.
RetiredChef2 in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 6
Been running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 with two 200W panels wired in series (so around 40V Voc) on my static cabin setup in the Scottish Borders.
Glen Dixon in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
CumbrianOffGrid | Posts: 847 @PanelBuff One thing I'd add that nobody's touched on yet — with a Beta 43 you'll likely be running the engine for decent stretches when cruising, so the 30A will...
Cumbrian OffGrid in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Reply by VoltChloe: Worth adding from a practical standpoint — I ran a similar question past Victron's own documentation when setting up my shepherd's hut battery bank, and the short answer is:...
Volt Chloe in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Good point from @DucatoProject there. Worth adding that if you're using the internal temperature sensor rather than an external one, it's measuring the controller's own temperature rather than the...
Neil Ross in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Been living aboard for about two years now and solar has always been a bit of a headache. Currently running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 with two 200W panels wired in series on the roof.
Vivaro Project in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 6
@LiFePO4Fan ooh this is almost exactly my setup except I've got it all going into a garden office rather than a tiny house.
Anne Oliver in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago
@Ozzy that's a decent score on the MultiPlus-II. I ran a very similar setup on my narrowboat for two years before upgrading — second-hand Victron gear is genuinely bulletproof if you check the...
Wez Fisher in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Nice one @MoorRoger! Very similar setup to what I did for my workshop last spring. One thing worth mentioning — with two 200W panels you'll want to check whether you've wired them series or...
Tim Taylor in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 2
@HighlandExplorer is spot on about the 12V thing — had identical grief at my cabin before I moved to 24V.
Marine Sophie in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 2