Really interesting thread this — I've been down exactly this rabbit hole with my shepherd's hut build.
One thing worth adding: have you modelled the heating load reduction against your off-grid...
@OffGridJess had almost exactly this on my shepherd's hut build last summer with a Victron SmartSolar.
@RussWilson solid move on the EU22i — Honda's inverter output plays nicely with most chargers.
Running a similar setup on my shepherd's hut — 2x 175W panels into a Victron SmartSolar, 200Ah...
I've been running a small solar setup on my shepherd's hut — 400W of Renogy panels, a Victron SmartSolar 100/30, and a pair of Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 batteries.
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One thing nobody's mentioned yet — the Victron app and Bluetooth monitoring is genuinely brilliant for tweaking your setup over time.
Really good shout from @RogerKnight and @VanAnne — the VE.Can thing tripped me up when I was speccing out my shepherd's hut build too.
One question worth asking yourself: have you actually sized...
@Jock interesting one — what absorption duration were you running? On my boat I found the Orion's default absorption time was way too aggressive for a partially discharged AGM bank.
@Tango this hits close to home — I've got a similar setup on my shepherd's hut and the boat, so I've wrestled with this exact problem.
One thing worth considering: have you looked at the panel...
@EcoFlow_Queen that price point is raising my eyebrows too — £566-ish equivalent for an 11kW hybrid is suspiciously cheap compared to what a comparable Victron Quattro setup would set you back.
A...
I'd actually ask what your battery bank and load profile look like before deciding — that's where most Eco-Worthy issues show up.
I've been running a smaller unit on my boat for two years now and...
Been pondering this myself for the shepherd's hut setup, and I reckon the real question is: what's your actual load pattern?
If you've got predictable daytime usage (like @Bazza's mention of...
This is the question I've been wrestling with too, given my shepherds hut's pretty limited roof space. Eight kilowatts is a decent starting point though.
What's your battery storage like?
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Has anyone actually measured the difference between manual clearing versus just leaving panels to self-clean?
Interesting thread, this. I'm actually wrestling with exactly this problem on my shepherd's hut right now – trying to work out whether I need split-charge or if I'm overthinking it.
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Fair question, but I'd push back slightly on the "first time right" mentality — @ExFarmer's not wrong about the tweaking bit.
