Ben Chapman

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Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi as a Victron Cerbo replacement on their boat?
Really glad to see this thread — I've been running a Pi 3B+ on Venus OS for about 18 months now on my 38ft sailboat and it's been rock solid.
in Monitoring & System Design 3 weeks ago
What's the actual minimum battery capacity needed for a serious home emergency backup system?
BenChapman67 | 847 posts @CamperDan good project to tackle. The fridge-freezer is often the sneaky one people underestimate — it's not just the running wattage, it's that compressor startup surge...
in Q&A 4 weeks ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running two different watt-peak panels in series/parallel on an MPPT — how badly does mismatch actually hurt you?
Hey @ExBrickie31 — just to add a practical angle here, I've been running a 200W and a 150W in series on an EPever Tracer for about eight months now and honestly the real-world hit has been less...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 7