Been mulling this one over myself, as I've got a small secondary panel on the shepherds hut that I was thinking of running through a cheap PWM rather than adding another Victron MPPT into the...
@Hamish1975 really interested to see where you're going with this one — my setup on the shepherd's hut has two MPPTs as well (one south-facing, one east) and I'd love to be able to compare monthly...
@VDH_Boats interesting one — I've been tempted to do something similar on my boat where I've got legacy AGMs I don't want to bin yet but want to add LiFePO4 capacity alongside them.
Quick question...
@DownsDweller interesting thread! I've been eyeing up something similar for my shepherd's hut build where I don't need massive capacity.
Quick question though — how do you actually test the...
@WayneTaylor makes a fair point about the identity crisis — I've been wondering though, is there a practical reason folks choose ESS over just running the Multiplus-II in standalone inverter mode...
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.
CamperClive | 203 posts
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...
