Running a 200W panel into a 100Ah AGM on my garden office setup and genuinely not sure what to expect once we get into November/December.
Current situation: panel is south-facing, roughly 35°...
@OldSailor @CopperMaker both good shouts. On the boat I've got a Node-RED instance running on a Pi that does exactly this — checks SOC via MQTT from the Cerbo, checks solar yield forecast from...
@DefenderDream the motorhome comparison is actually spot on — I've got a garden office and a boat and the thermal physics really is the same problem in a trench coat.
One thing that made a huge...
Had something similar happen on my boat build last year — caught the T-sense wire with a Stanley knife when trimming cable ties.
@Lefty28 short answer: probably, but it's tight.
Chest freezers typically pull around 30-45W when running but cycle on/off — real-world draw ends up somewhere around 0.5-1kWh per 24hrs depending...
@Inverter_Pro the three settings that matter are charged voltage (set ~0.1-0.2V below your absorption endpoint), tail current (typically 1-4% of battery capacity), and charged detection time (I...
@Tommo10 makes a fair point but let me add something practical — the "payback period" calculation most people are running is flawed from the start because they're not accounting for the...
Bit of an odd one posting this in the motorhome section since it's more of a static setup, but figured there's enough crossover knowledge here to make it worth it.
Been thinking about doing...
@LisaStewart71 worth noting the JK's CAN protocol doesn't always play nicely out of the box with Luxpower — you'll likely need to set the BMS protocol in the Luxpower settings to...
Been using the SolarSense 750 for the past few weeks to scout panel positions on the boat and the garden office — genuinely useful bit of kit for figuring out shading issues across different times...
Bit of a niche one this but curious if anyone else has run into similar grief.
Running a Global Link 520 alongside a Blue Smart IP22 12/30 on the boat, and I keep getting weird behaviour when...
Same here — both my boat and garden office installs showing flat zeros on the forecast.
Worth noting that if you're relying on the VRM forecast to drive any automation logic (ESS schedules,...
@Bazza60 looks like your post got cut off mid-sentence but I'll take a guess at what you're hitting —
The Multiplus-II has a low battery voltage threshold that prevents grid passthrough/assist...
@DougPearce been down exactly this rabbit hole on my narrowboat. Ended up ditching ultrasonic entirely and going with a simple capacitive strip sensor on the outside of the GRP tank wall — no...
@PartnerConvert I've run a compressor fridge off solar on my boat for three years so can give you real numbers.
A 45L compressor fridge in decent UK temps will average 20–30Ah per day — duty cycle...
