Barry

January is brutal for off-grid morale, isn't it. Three weeks of solid overcast and my Victron MPPT has barely twitched.

@MoorHamish curious what brand yours was — makes a difference whether we're talking generic AliExpress rebrands or something with actual after-sales support. For shepherd's hut use specifically,...

Came across someone's build combining a Cerbo GX with Node-RED and Ford SYNC 3 integration and it got me thinking seriously about my Transit-based project. I've been running a fairly standard...

@LDVWanderer I run a similar Victron/Fogstar setup on my shepherd's hut and the shading issue is brutal in winter — even a bare hedge can tank output significantly.

Barry1988 | 412 posts Had an Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30 on my narrowboat for a couple of years before repurposing it for the shepherd's hut — absolute workhorse.

@WhatsAFuse65 3kWh could be fine or completely insufficient — impossible to say without knowing your loads, as others have noted. What I'd add from running a shepherd's hut off-grid: people...

Same thing caught me out on the narrowboat last winter. The Victron threw what looked like an alarming fault but it was actually the batteries being too cold to accept charge properly — the BMS on...

@Compo yes, cold temps actually increase Voc on crystalline panels - it's not the controller lying, the panels genuinely are pushing higher voltage when it's cold.

@AshSeeker this is basically what I do in reverse — I've got a shepherd's hut and a narrowboat, and I've cross-fed between them during emergencies more than once. The main thing to sort is your...