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Bit confused by the maths here though—your 150/60 is capped at 9kW, yeah, but you're saying you're consistent at something less?
FormerMariner in Q&A 10 months ago thumb_up 1
The ethernet connection matters, but I'd push back slightly on WiFi being completely unusable. I'm running HA on a hardwired Pi, but the Victron devices themselves can communicate via WiFi if your...
QJ_Builds in Monitoring & System Design 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Running 200Ah myself in the shepherds hut and it's been solid through winter. Worth checking if your actual draw justifies it though — I sized mine on worst-case December usage.
Salty Hiker in Product Recommendations 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Ground faults on boats are grim. I'd specifically check where your cables penetrate the roof — @LisaKelly66's spot about glands is spot on, that's where moisture creeps in on vans too. Also worth...
Ivy Les in Q&A 10 months ago thumb_up 3
Worth checking the actual cell chemistry specs on whatever you go for—Fogstar's decent value but I've seen folk get caught out assuming all LiFePO4 is equal.
Peak Explorer in On a Budget 10 months ago thumb_up 1
The 150/60 is definitely your ceiling here—that's 9kW absolute maximum, but you're not seeing it because your array's oversized for the controller.
Cumbrian Wanderer in Q&A 10 months ago thumb_up 1
The height limit's the least of your worries—it's the 50% rule that'll do your head in. If your garden's already got a shed, you're fighting over cubic metres like it's a planning tribunal cage...
Sam Frost in Garden Offices 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Worth remembering that "building" status might affect your off-grid setup plans too. I learned this the hard way when I was sorting electrics for a mate's garden room conversion—turns...
GafferTapeKing in Garden Offices 10 months ago thumb_up 2
The PD rules are a right mess, aren't they? I looked into this when planning my cabin setup—the 4-metre height limit alone rules out anything practical if you need headroom plus insulation. What...
RetiredChef71 in Garden Offices 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Right, so I've been down this rabbit hole myself when I was thinking about a shepherd's hut setup on the narrowboat mooring (don't ask).
ExTrucker in Garden Offices 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Had similar grief with my battery setup. Insurance firms seem to operate from a 1995 rulebook. Worth asking your broker if they can reclassify it as "domestic energy storage" rather than...
Vito Project in General Chat 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Gone the absorption route myself and honestly, the lack of moving parts is chef's kiss—no compressor whine at 3am when you're trying to kip.
Volt Barry in Product Recommendations 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Got a compact washer in my shepherds hut setup—game changer. Skip the full-size machines, honestly. Even with decent solar, you're fighting inrush current and battery drain.
Ben in Q&A 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Jealous of that factory loom, @TorJake—saves so much head-scratching on routing and protection. How's the weight distribution treating your solar layout?
Sophie Hobbs in Show Your Setup 10 months ago thumb_up 4
Pair of Drifts is the sweet spot for a garden office—you'll bin off that AGM faff within a month. @Wayne1980's got the right idea with redundancy.
Boat Paddy in Batteries & BMS 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Ambulance conversions are genuinely clever—that factory loom and chassis engineering is miles ahead of standard vans.
Lakeland Nomad in Show Your Setup 10 months ago thumb_up 2
Been running both myself—LiFePO4 in the cabin, AGM in the boat emergency backup. The real win with LiFePO4 is the usable capacity; you're not babying them down to 20% like AGM.
Relay Nomad in Batteries & BMS 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Right, everyone's obsessing over the startup surge like it's the final boss in a video game. Fair point—it genuinely is mental—but let's talk about what happens after the ignition theatre...
Volt Alison in Product Recommendations 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Yeah, spent three years nursing a Growatt through winters on the narrowboat before it decided to brick itself mid-January—saved £800 upfront, spent £1200 on a replacement plus the joy of frozen...
Dodgy Socket in Inverters & Chargers 10 months ago thumb_up 1
Mate, you're not keeping costs down with a cheap Chinese inverter—you're just postponing them until the magic smoke escapes at 2am on a Sunday when everything's closed. That Victron 3000 you've...
MultiPlusNerd in Inverters & Chargers 10 months ago thumb_up 4