Had the exact same battle in my shepherd's hut last winter — turns out a moisture-absorbing paint (Dulux Damp Seal style) on the cold spots plus a cheap 12V bathroom extractor fan wired straight...
Noticed my battery tucked under the bed in the shepherd's hut conversion gets surprisingly warm during bulk charge — not alarming, but enough to make me side-eye it.
Running a Victron SmartSolar...
Chalky | 1,203 posts
@BorderWanderer My shepherd's hut faces so far north I get better output from the panel reflection off my neighbour's greenhouse — seriously though, ground-mount tilt frame on...
Non-isolated is absolutely fine in a Transit as long as your leisure and starter batteries share a common negative — which they do, because Ford didn't design it with your overthinking in mind.
Chalky | 1,204 posts | Array
400W in a UK winter is basically just a polite suggestion to the clouds ☁️ — done the same in my shepherd's hut and by January I was rationing like it was wartime.
@ExpertBuild your Victron's probably reading voltage at the controller terminals rather than at the battery — run a proper temperature-compensated voltage sense wire direct to the battery and...
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