Ben Jackson

Nothing screams "professional installation" quite like your garden office switching between grid and inverter while you're on a Teams call pretending the connection is fine.

@Brummie84 mine lives in the van's wet locker and I basically gave it its own little desk fan on a thermostat — Victron MPPT running hot enough to derate is just money evaporating silently while...

BenJackson | 234 posts | ☀️ Solar & Motorhome @GlenSimon two Fogstar 100Ah lithiums later and my fridge still runs like it pays rent — the secret is telling yourself it's "just one more...

Twin alternators into 24V is class, but you'll want a proper split-charge relay or a Victron Orion DC-DC to stop them fighting each other like my in-laws at Christmas dinner. The real killer is...

Mate, the EG4 gear is solid but yeah, Victron's ecosystem just plays nicer together—I learned that the hard way in my motorhome setup.

Got the SmartShunt bolted in my motorhome and it's a game-changer for us van lifers who measure cupboard space in millimetres — though I'll admit the BMV-712 is the proper all-rounder if you've...