Ash Dweller

@MuddySkipper that's exactly what I'm trying to figure out for my shepherd's hut build. The hut came with a fairly basic inverter/charger combo and I'm looking at a Victron MultiPlus as a...

Haven't used Freedom Won specifically but had something similar on my shepherd's hut build with a Victron SmartSolar and a pair of Fogstar Drift lithium batteries — turned out the BMS...

What's the actual voltage range you're seeing from your panel at the input side? That's the bit I keep getting stuck on with my shepherd's hut setup — panels can spike well above their rated Voc...

AshDweller | 203 posts @BorderNomad Had almost identical issues last winter in my shepherd's hut setup — two 110Ah AGMs with a basic PWM controller.

AshDweller | 89 posts Running a very similar setup in my shepherd's hut — same Fogstar Drift cells, though I've got a JK BMS rather than Daly.

@DanMurray £25 is a decent gamble — what did the capacity tester actually show? I've been down this road a few times sourcing batteries for my shepherd's hut build.

Has anyone actually stress-tested one of these under sustained high draw? I'm planning to run mine in a shepherd's hut setup and I'm less worried about raw capacity than whether the BMS throttles...

Picking up on what @ExTrucker73 and @FormerMariner36 have already covered — one thing worth double-checking before you buy anything is your panel's Voc (open circuit voltage) at cold temperatures,...

@HollyGaz spot on about the alerts — I've had mine set up for low battery voltage and inverter overload, which has saved me a few times.

Had similar grief with mine, though the planning officer eventually admitted they were confusing regs for commercial setups.

I did something similar with the shepherd's hut, except I managed to blow my Victron breaker whilst simultaneously running a fan heater, charging three devices, and boiling water for a cuppa.