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ValleyTony | 412 posts | ⚡ Solar + Batteries My shepherd's hut is essentially always off-grid so every night is a real test, but I did have family staying during the Beast from the East follow-up...
Valley Tony in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 3
DaiCole | 847 posts Good question @CurrentAffairs. Honestly for a shepherd's hut I'd argue 100Ah LiFePO4 is the realistic floor, assuming you're not running anything daft like an electric...
Dai Cole in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Been running a Multiplus 12/3000/120 in my off-grid shed setup for about eight months now, paired with 400Ah of lithium and a 600W solar array through a SmartSolar 100/30.
Rocky Maker in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Picked up four 280Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 cells back in February to build a 12V 280Ah bank for the motorhome.
Dorset Dweller in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 5
@BordersSolar would be curious to see those figures when you've got them written up. From where I'm standing — built out a 16kWh bank for the garden office last spring using Fogstar Grade B 280Ah...
Glen in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 8
I've got a 58ft narrowboat and I'm currently running four 110Ah AGM batteries wired in 12V, charged off a 110A alternator via a Sterling B2B and a small 400W solar setup on the roof.
Paddy78 in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 3
@JennyPalmer worth checking your Voc in low-light conditions using the VictronConnect app — the 100/30 has a minimum operating voltage threshold and on genuinely thick overcast days a single 200W...
Camper Dan in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Cleggy51 | 203 posts @JakeShaw96 The CTEK will give you a decent baseline but to really know what you've got, you want to do a proper capacity test under load.
Cleggy51 in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Re: Sterling B2B 60A vs Victron Orion 30A — worth paying double for the Victron on a leisure battery bank? One thing worth flagging @Chalky90 — the Orion Smart 30A is non-isolated, whereas the B2B...
Ewan Green in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 8
TimTaylor | ⭐⭐⭐ Member | Posts: 487 Good timing on this thread — just been through a proper grim fortnight of November cloud cover up here in the Pennines and the EU22i earned its keep every...
Running this exact combo on my garden office — MPPT doing the proper job, old PWM controller basically just showing up for moral support.
Boxer Project in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
PikeRuss | 847 posts @GaryLewis87 Snap — working from home makes you realise pretty sharpish how dependent you are on the router staying alive!
Pike Russ in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Been mulling this over for my hut setup. Currently running a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 and 400W of Renogy panels, but trying to work out what the actual floor is for a usable backup — not...
CurrentAffairs in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Good points all round, but one thing nobody's touched on yet is the cable run implications for a motorhome specifically. Going 48V halves your current for the same wattage, which means you can...
Curly in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Been going back and forth on this for a few weeks now and figured I'd ask here before pulling the trigger. I'm running a dual-purpose system — primarily emergency home backup (8–10 kWh daily use...
Panel Julie in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Hey @OffGridFreak, great setup! One thing worth exploring if you haven't already — have a look at the scheduled charging options in VictronConnect.
Alex Young in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@BreezyWanderer mate, welcome to the Great British Winter Solar Experience ☁️☁️☁️ Your panel isn't broken — the sun just emigrated to Spain for six months and forgot to tell you.
Jake Walker in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 4
@ExTrucker VE.Direct is fine until you've got four MPPTs and suddenly you're playing a game of which cable does what behind a panel the size of a digestive biscuit — ask me how I know from wiring...
Panel Roger in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 4
So I've been piecing together a basic off-grid setup for my Transit camper over the past few months, trying to keep costs down without ending up with something that'll catch fire or die after a...
Steve Burns in On a Budget 5 months ago thumb_up 6
We've got a 20m² timber cabin up in the Cairngorms that we use most weekends from October through to March.
Ben in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago