Cotswold Dweller

Spent three months living full-time in my van with a dodgy no-name inverter before finally caving and getting a Victron Multiplus — never looked back, but my wallet still hasn't recovered from the...

Had a similar headache in my van build — running a Victron Orion-TR Smart 24/12-70 to step down from my 24V Fogstar Drift lithium bank to feed the 12V leisure circuits, and noticed the output was...

Nothing says "weekend well spent" than dangling off a shepherd's hut roof arguing with an end clamp while your neighbours think you've finally lost it — been there with my van conversion...

Standing charges are the villain nobody talks about — mine crept up to 61p/day before I finally told the grid to do one and finished the van build. Now I'm running a Victron MultiPlus paired with...

Done both, and the stone outbuilding will absolutely win if you can stomach the damp-proofing faff before you even think about insulation. My setup in the Cotswolds is a converted stone barn —...

@ZoeGrant had the 18A in my van for six months before upgrading and honestly the only thing it charged faster was my regret.

@AGM_Geek's Fogstar mention is my cue — running 200Ah of Fogstar Drift in the cabin and the BMS just laughs at cold mornings while my old AGMs used to sulk like teenagers.

Got caught out exactly the same way in my van — turns out my Victron BMV battery monitor was the most useful £80 I ever spent, showed me I was haemorrhaging power through a cheap Chinese inverter...

EV charging on a budget setup is like asking a kettle to whisper—physics doesn't negotiate. Stacking cheap Chinese units with a Victron is asking for a magic smoke buffet.

Ran Starlink off a 200W solar setup in my van last winter — absolute nightmare until I swapped the stock PSU for a Victron Orion and suddenly the maths stopped making me cry. The dish itself isn't...

Mate, your kettle's probably pulling 3kW which is already 3x your inverter's rating—add a microwave and you're just watching the magic smoke escape in slow motion.