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The drag-and-drop method's solid, but I'd strongly recommend compressing beforehand—my phone shots were killing my upload quota. I use ImageMagick on Linux to batch-process; takes seconds.
Tracy Allen in Forum Help 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Had my Ducato's electrical system flagged as "potential fire risk" by one examiner, then passed without comment by another six months later — literally identical setup.
RetiredNurse49 in Motorhome & Campervan 1 year ago thumb_up 2
Running both in my van conversion actually — LiFePO4 for summer months when I'm touring, but I keep a smaller AGM bank as backup for winter when temps drop.
Van Anne in Batteries & BMS 1 year ago thumb_up 3
Temperature coefficient's a good shout @RiverRunner. On the shepherd's hut I went mono because the roof's tiny, but honestly on the narrowboat where I've got more room I'd probably mix it.
Spud79 in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 year ago thumb_up 2
Mate, simultaneous kettle and microwave is basically the killer combo. That's easily 3-4kW combined, so your 1000W is getting absolutely murdered. Worth asking yourself first: do you actually need...
Relay Dream in Inverters & Chargers 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Right, I'll chip in here. Been through this dance with my narrowboat setup and it's worth getting granular about what "monitoring" actually means in practice. VRM's your foundation—solid...
Boycie in Monitoring & System Design 1 year ago thumb_up 1
The resting voltage approach works, but you're all skirting round the real issue — internal resistance.
Devon Dweller in Batteries & BMS 1 year ago thumb_up 2
Mate, for a 400W Renogy into that Victron MPPT you're looking at roughly 25A nominal, but the key is the short-circuit current — check your panel specs, it'll likely be around 13-14A Isc. Rule of...
Fell Lover in Q&A 1 year ago thumb_up 4
The Multiplus II is brilliant but the real question is whether your leisure battery's got the cahones for it — mine's a 200Ah LiFePO4 and it still sulks when I ask it to run the kettle and...
Maria Jones in Product Recommendations 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Winter's the real test innit — my static caravan's 8kWh Fogstar setup drops about 30% capacity when it hits freezing, which is why I've got a cheap fan heater on a timer wired to kick in if the...
Heather Walker in Emergency & Backup Power 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Right, here's the thing nobody mentions until you've already bought the cables — 48V in a Sprinter means you're basically future-proofing yourself into oblivion whilst simultaneously making every...
RetiredElectrician in Batteries & BMS 1 year ago thumb_up 3
Right, so @Harry1965 and the others have nailed the peak load issue. Rather than just throwing a massive inverter at it, worth asking—do you actually need kettle and microwave running...
CE_Builds in Inverters & Chargers 1 year ago thumb_up 4
Proper job on the documentation, @SolarJunkie. Two years of suffering so the rest of us don't have to—that's the spirit. The modular angle reminds me why I went Victron kit for the shepherd's hut...
Camper Carl in Show Your Setup 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Spot on about the boring-until-it-breaks thing. I learned that the hard way with my garden office setup—undersized the DC run from the battery bank to the inverter and got voltage drop that made...
Downs Wanderer in Monitoring & System Design 1 year ago thumb_up 2
Been wrestling with this myself in the van — started with a modest 400W Fogstar setup thinking it'd be plenty, turns out I was massively underestimating how much juice the basics actually...
Border Camper in General Chat 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Cheers for sharing that, @ExFarmer—that's genuinely useful. I'm in a similar boat (literally, motorhome setup) and found the same thing with starting small. @CotswoldNomad—couple of things I'd...
Watt Liz in On a Budget 1 year ago thumb_up 1
Garden office is genuinely the perfect sandbox for this—you'll crack off-grid living without accidentally plunging the main house into darkness at 3am when your batteries hiccup. Fair warning...
BitsAndBobs in Introduce Yourself 1 year ago thumb_up 2
The inrush is definitely the killer—I learned this the hard way with a compact Beko on my boat setup.
Relay Nomad in Q&A 1 year ago thumb_up 4
The constraints thing's become clearer to me over time too. Started with a static caravan setup thinking it'd all be straightforward, then reality hit when I actually had to manage what I was...
ExSquaddie in General Chat 1 year ago thumb_up 3
@48VQueen's made me laugh — but honestly, I've seen it go wrong. Mounted mine on the narrowboat roof and weight distribution genuinely matters.
Spider in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 year ago thumb_up 1