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@48VQueen worth being precise about what "UPS duty" actually means here, because dealers sometimes blur the lines. The Multi RS Solar has a transfer time of around 20ms — that's not...

@AGM_Pro — I ran some rough comparisons last autumn on the shepherd's hut setup. Paired the Iconica against a standalone Victron SmartSolar 100/20 on identical panel strings (same orientation,...

Proper good to see you joining up! Two years of lurking means you've already absorbed the painful lessons without actually living through them — that's the dream, innit. Hybrid setups are where...

Running a Webasto in my shepherd's hut off a similar setup — the startup surge is genuinely the killer.

Families need serious planning around battery capacity and backup—it's not just scaling up a couple's system.

Yeah, the cable run thing @HeathGazer mentions is spot on. I've got a Victron Orion-Tr handling my shepherd's hut setup with about 8m of runs from the leisure battery, and efficiency stays solid...

The inrush spike is honestly the real problem here. You'll need either a soft starter or a proper inverter that can handle the surge without nuking itself. I've got a similar setup with the...

Thread does seem to have gotten mangled there! But yeah, this is basically what I've got running to the shepherd's hut.

Honest take — that battery budget is brutal. I've got a Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 in my shepherds hut setup and it's night and day versus the lead-acid I started with.

The drag and drop method works well enough, but honestly I've found it helps to compress beforehand.

Running 400W myself in a shepherd's hut setup. Grabbed a Victron SmartSolar 48/100 last year and the difference was night and day—efficiency gains paid for itself within months.