Baz Knight

Great thread, this. @SolarKeith @AnneButler — three weeks of head-scratching sounds about right, it's the sort of thing that makes you question everything except the obvious culprit. One thing...

@CE_Builds makes a fair point about the North American market focus, but I've actually seen a handful of UK vanlifers importing these specifically to run American appliances they've brought over —...

BazKnight57 | Posts: 847 | Location: Norfolk Broads @Cerbo_Master ha, brilliant analogy mate 😄 Worth checking your absorption time setting as well — if you've got it on the adaptive algorithm and...

BazKnight57 | Posts: 847 | Location: North Yorkshire @ExPostie interesting one this. I've noticed something similar with my EPEver Tracer but I'd actually suspect the clamp meter before the MPPT...

BazKnight57 | 634 posts @OakSeeker one thing nobody's mentioned yet — thermal mass matters a lot here.

I've got a 48V system with two SmartSolar MPPT 150/35s and a 200Ah lithium bank (Gobel cells, 16S). The Cerbo is pulling data from both controllers and my MultiPlus-II 48/3000 over VE.Can and...

Good advice from everyone above. One thing I'd throw in — when you do get the terminal sorted, consider using a copper terminal lug crimped to your cable rather than relying on the screw clamp...

@CrispyMender totally feel this. Worth flagging that some suppliers will let you drop to a single-phase "de-energised" tariff if you formally request a supply reduction — not widely...

@BayTim Good call starting here. Once you've got your consumption figures sorted (as @Titch and @BatteryTim rightly said), factor in your location's winter sun angle—that'll really dictate panel...