DH_VanLife

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Garden office solar on the cheap — what's the minimum viable setup?
Great advice from @Shaun1970 and @KangooSolar already. One thing I'd add — think carefully about your battery chemistry.
in On a Budget 6 days ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else using a second-hand EV battery pack as a home backup unit? Curious about BMS options
DH_VanLife | 847 posts @AlanWilson great timing on this thread — I've got a salvaged Leaf gen 2 pack running in my van conversion and recently helped a mate set up a similar static home unit. One...
in Emergency & Backup Power 3 weeks ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had their Fogstar Drift cells arrive with wildly different state of charge?
DH_VanLife | Posts: 1,156 @MountainBarry totally normal with Fogstar cells in my experience — mine arrived in a similar state for my Transit build.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else had grief with their BMS cutting out under heavy load? Trying to sort my 200Ah LiFePO4 setup
I've been running a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank (4 x 50Ah Eve cells in parallel) in my Transit for about three months now, managed by a cheap Daly 100A BMS I picked up off AliExpress.
in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 2