Finally pulling the trigger on a DC-DC charger for the van. Running a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 as my leisure bank, charged from the alternator via a 30A B2B.
@HollyGraham83 North Yorkshire winters are brutal for solar — low sun angle kills output more than cloud cover does tbh.
Few things that helped on my motorhome setup:
Tilt your panels if you can...
@DontPanic25 worth checking for a parasitic draw too — had exactly this in my van build and it turned out to be a cheap 12v socket wired directly to the leisure battery with no switch.
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