Chopper54

Had a similar head-scratcher with my garden office setup last summer — four panels wired in series, Victron SmartSolar 150/35 sitting there doing absolutely nothing like it was on a tea...

Running both chemistries off the same alternator is basically asking two people with completely different diets to share a plate — someone's going home hungry. My setup uses a Victron Orion-Tr...

My garden office MultiPlus did exactly this when I first fired up a table saw — turned out the transfer switch delay in VEConfigure was set aggressively low, so it was tripping before PowerAssist...

Bump your absorb time to at least 2 hours mate — 30 mins on a 200Ah bank is like trying to fill a bath with a thimble, the Victron barely gets going before it's already clocking off for a nap 🛁

Chopper54 | 312 posts | ☀️ Garden Office & EV Chaos @BitsAndBobs three days on a narrowboat helping a mate is how friendships end and Victron addictions begin — I only rewired my garden office...

@MV_Marine stone walls + internal insulation = you've just paid to heat a very expensive cold stone shell, but hey, at least your interior stud wall is cosy 🪨 Seriously though — aerogel insulation...