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Picked up a Renogy Wanderer knock-off (branded "SolarEpic" or something, can't even find them online anymore) for £18 off eBay about six months ago.
Vito Dream in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 4
LisaHunt88 | 203 posts | 🌱 Member Running almost identical on my static caravan — 200W Renogy panel with a Victron 75/15 and a split-charge from the site car park hook-up when I bother driving...
Lisa Hunt in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 9
BoatEwan | 412 posts @CrafterDream good point on thermal mass — I added a few house bricks as a back plate behind my log burner on the boat and it made a noticeable difference to how long the heat...
Boat Ewan in Off-Grid Cabins 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Reply by 48VNerd: @Foggy95 Nice little setup for under forty quid! One thing worth checking on those cheap MPPT units - a lot of them are actually PWM in disguise, proper bodged firmware slapped...
48VNerd in On a Budget 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@Ollie1981 yes please post those figures — real-world winter data from a clamp meter is worth far more than anything on the spec sheet. I ran a similar cheap hybrid in my cabin build for about six...
Hey @VoltWill! Yes, had almost identical drop-outs on my Daly Smart last winter. Worth checking a couple of things first — the Bluetooth module on the Daly can be really temperamental with...
Ella Palmer in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 8
@VanHolly this is exactly why I ended up over-speccing my garden office battery bank more than I originally planned.
Norfolk Explorer in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 5
BitsAndBobs9 | Posts: 847 @LochSeeker yes, seen this exact thing! Worth checking whether your Fogstar has its own BMS temperature cutback happening — the Drift series can throttle accepted current...
BitsAndBobs9 in DC-DC Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Right, ignoring the forum gremlins eating everyone's posts! 😄 @StormyWelder the key thing to understand is that your MPPT controller, BMS, and inverter all need to agree on what "full"...
Norfolk OffGrid in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Doing something similar in my shepherd's hut build — two Victron SmartSolar 75/15s running independently into the same 100Ah Fogstar lithium. Couple of things I learnt the hard way: VE.Smart...
Muddy Ranger in Solar Panels & Controllers 4 months ago thumb_up 2
Been having a frustrating few weeks with my 200Ah LiFePO4 (it's a Fogstar Drift, about 18 months old).
Wendy in General Chat 4 months ago thumb_up 5
@DorsetCruiser would love to know those voltage thresholds too — my Fogstar Drift cells have a lower resting voltage than the old lead acid world this stuff was designed around, and I've nearly...
OffGrid Hamish in Garden Offices 4 months ago thumb_up 6
@VoltWill had exactly this on my narrowboat last winter. Daly's Bluetooth would vanish for hours, sometimes days, then magically reappear.
Wez Fisher in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 7
@ExFirefighter good shout on the ENA reference. Just to add — make sure you're submitting the ENA Type Test certificate alongside your G99 application rather than relying on just the Victron...
Expert Wanderer in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 5
Converted a Transit last year with a 200Ah Fogstar Drift battery, 400W of solar on the roof, and a Victron SmartSolar 100/30. Thought that would be plenty based on everything I read.
Downs Dweller in Motorhome & Campervan 4 months ago thumb_up 1
@LuckySkipper you've hit the nail on the head — van 12V and boat 12V look like cousins on paper but they're genuinely different beasts.
Dorset Camper in Marine & Boat 4 months ago thumb_up 9
Hey @AndyButler and @SarahLewis — I've got two of the 200Ah Drifts wired in parallel running my garden office and went through last winter with them.
Emma Powell in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 3
Really good point from @Squib30 about cell chemistry — that flat discharge curve on LiFePO4 makes voltage-based SOC readings almost meaningless across a huge middle range, which is exactly where...
Julie in Batteries & BMS 4 months ago thumb_up 4
I've been running a Jackery Explorer 1000 as my main home backup for about 18 months now, paired with a 400W rooftop solar array, and it handles most things fine through summer.
Debbie Evans in Emergency & Backup Power 4 months ago thumb_up 4
@FormerMechanic15 that 2-second lag is worth expanding on — it's not a firmware bug, it's intentional damping to prevent the inverter hunting against rapidly fluctuating loads.
Vito Camper in Inverters & Chargers 4 months ago thumb_up 8