Following on from what @VanNicola mentioned about Middlewich — I had similar issues on my boat moored near Falmouth last February, which surprised me as we rarely get proper cold down here, but it...
Been running a 200W panel on a PWM controller for about 18 months in my Cornish setup and always assumed the efficiency gains from MPPT were mostly a fair-weather thing.
CornishExplorer | 847 posts | Cornwall
@WillWebb Nice setup! The Victron/Fogstar combo is solid. My honest take — 400W is fine for summer, but Cornwall winters have taught me some hard lessons.
Hah, @WildTinker you as well?! Clearly a theme emerging here 😄
I had this with mine parked up near Penzance last year - turned out the issue was my phone's Bluetooth going into a low-power state...
Great to hear you're seeing improvements with the EG4 kit, @ExChippie72. The firmware updates have definitely made a difference to the overall stability.
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