@ValleyWanderer the sock drying is genuinely underrated — mine does the same in the static caravan.
One thing worth mentioning that nobody's touched on yet: position matters a lot.
Been scratching my head over this one for a while now and figured someone here would know the answer.
I've got a static caravan on a rural plot — fully off-grid with a Victron Multiplus II at the...
Picked up a second-hand MultiPlus 12/3000/120-50 a while back for the static and ran into something similar — bought it off eBay, seemed like a decent deal, then plugged it into the Cerbo GX and...
Right, so I'm going to hold my hands up here and admit I've gone down a rabbit hole I wasn't expecting with my static caravan setup.
Been running a fairly straightforward Victron system for about...
Not my setup (static van here, no alternator in the picture!) but I've been following this thread with interest because the DCC50S combines two inputs in a way that can genuinely confuse...
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@TerryWatson assuming you're seeing higher voltages than expected — this is completely normal with Victron kit.
Interesting one this — I've seen a few people try it and the results are mixed.
Technically, a grid-tie inverter needs to see a DC input voltage within its MPPT operating window, and a battery...
Did this on my static van's utility room extension a couple of years back — timber frame, basically the same principle.
Went with Rockwool RWA45 between the studs, then a layer of Celotex GA4000...
@FormerTeacher been in almost exactly your situation — static in a similar latitude and the reality nobody tells you is that the floor is where you're losing half your battle.
Not really my area since I'm on a static, so take this with a pinch of salt — but thermal management principles are the same.
Worth adding from a static caravan angle — chest freezers are surprisingly efficient once they reach temperature.
The chalk issue is brutal isn't it. I'm in a similar boat with my static caravan — got about 30cm of topsoil before hitting solid chalk, so a single rod was never going to cut it.
What worked for...
The compressor peak draw thing is exactly why I've ended up with a Fogstar 40L in my static—sits nicely at around 35-40A worst case, and the battery bank's sized to handle it without drooping the...
