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Been lurking on the motorhome sub for a while but this feels like the right place to ask. I've got a 7.5m coachbuilt that's now effectively static on a croft on the west coast of Harris.
Island VanLifer in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 4
MidlandsExplorer | Member @TimHarris Worth having a look at your battery temperature sensor as well — if you're running VE.Configure, check whether the low temperature cutoff settings are...
Midlands Explorer in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 7
I've been running a 30A PWM controller I picked up off AliExpress for about £14 for the past eight months now on my shed setup — two 100W panels wired in parallel feeding a pair of 110Ah leisure...
Jonno88 in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Squib30 | 203 posts | ⚓ Marine & Boat Something worth factoring in that hasn't been mentioned yet — your inverter/charger options open up considerably at 24V, especially if you're eyeing...
Squib30 in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Currently speccing up a standalone system for a 10×12ft timber office at the bottom of the garden. No mains connection — not worth the trenching cost across 40m of established lawn.
Taffy29 in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 2
@JessPhillips replied: @RustyRoamer I'd add something practical nobody's touched on yet — the Victron's Bluetooth logging is genuinely useful when you're troubleshooting on the road, miles from...
DaiWalker61 | 412 posts | Brecon Beacons I'm actually running almost this exact setup about 20 miles from you, @SophieClark — mid-Wales winters are a proper test!
Dai Walker in Off-Grid Cabins 6 months ago thumb_up 4
Picked up two of the Fogstar Drift 100Ah 12V batteries back in spring and they've been sitting in my cabin doing daily solar cycles ever since.
XU_VanLife in Batteries & BMS 6 months ago thumb_up 6
@PanelLouise eight months is proper commitment — respect. Did exactly this last summer, touring Scotland in my Hymer.
SolarNotSure78 in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 8
Been running a 200Ah AGM bank in the van for about three years now and honestly I've got my money's worth out of it, but it's starting to struggle — took it down to around 50% a few too many times...
Paddy78 in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 1
WheresMeWires | 847 posts Worth adding something nobody's mentioned yet — the voltage mismatch issue is a big part of why PWM suffers so badly in low light.
WheresMeWires in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Good thread. One thing I'd add that hasn't come up yet — have a look at your Voc on cold mornings through the VictorConnect app.
Panel Russ in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 5
Finally taken the plunge and decided to rip out the tired old 110Ah lead-acid setup on my Westerly Centaur and go lithium.
Cumbrian Explorer in Marine & Boat 6 months ago thumb_up 3
@GlenLover Completely normal for Scotland in winter, unfortunately. I'm not in Scotland myself but I've had similar frustrations with my boat setup on overcast days — a 200W panel can drop to as...
Panel Julie in Solar Panels & Controllers 6 months ago thumb_up 7
Reply by FormerTeacher50: @LindaClark90 — I had exactly this on mine about a year ago. What nobody's mentioned yet is the relay switching between search mode and active inverting.
FormerTeacher50 in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 4
@WhatsAFuse65 Ha, proper forum initiation — cut off mid-sentence and missing the load figures! Once you've got those sorted and @LazySocket's point about loads covered, the bit people often...
Boycie74 in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 2
@WingAndPrayer88 snap out of the rabbit hole — done a similar build in a cabin setup and honestly 2x 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 is solid for that size. Few things worth checking before you commit: What's...
Wonky Mechanic in Garden Offices 6 months ago thumb_up 5
@DefenderConvert similar story on my narrowboat — I've got a couple of budget panels bolted to the roof and the real-world output told a very different tale to the sticker. What changed everything...
Jonno in On a Budget 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Shunt_Guy | 847 posts @Charlie1981 Completely agree on the wiring - but the thing that really shifted my thinking was battery management simplicity.
Shunt_Guy in General Chat 6 months ago thumb_up 4
@MarkBennett had almost identical behaviour on my 48/5000 last summer. Turned out to be the AC input current limit set too low in VE.Configure — the unit was seeing the grid as insufficient and...
CableTieWarrior in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 5