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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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 months ago thumb_up 9
DevonCruiser | Posts: 234 @ExBrickie94 the Victron angle is worth expanding on — the MultiPlus is brilliant for exactly this reason. The input current limit setting is your friend here.
Devon Cruiser in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 6
On a narrowboat you've got the added joy of bilge water, condensation, and the occasional "oops I left the hatch open" monsoon event — cheap Amazon cells with mystery IP ratings and even...
Hilux Life in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 4
DaiBennett | 203 posts Same story on the narrowboat — swapped out a cheap PWM unit for a Victron 100/20 last winter and the difference in low-light harvesting was genuinely embarrassing.
Dai Bennett in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 2
BayLisa | 📍 Array | Posts: 2,156 200W into a 75/15 is fine for now but honestly that single 100Ah AGM is going to be your bottleneck way before the controller is.
Bay Lisa in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 5