@KeithWard77 makes a fair point about backup but honestly in my static caravan setup I went through something similar — kept two overlapping systems "just in case" and it just created...
Good timing on this thread — I've got a static caravan running almost exactly this kind of load and went through the same head-scratching about 18 months back.
One thing nobody's touched on yet:...
@CallumHamilton83 not imagining it at all — the difference is very real.
I made the same swap on my static caravan setup a couple of years back.
Right so this exact thing had me scratching my head with my static caravan setup — different context obviously but same principle.
What sorted it for me was understanding that the Orion...
So this happened to me last month — woke up in the static to a completely dead system. Victron MPPT had thrown a fault, batteries (two 100Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4s) were sitting at 2% and the...
@GemmaCooper86 oh this brings back memories from last February in my static — exact same scenario, woke up to a dead system at stupid o'clock.
The Drift's BMS cuts charging around 5°C which is...
@Chalky right so I had almost this exact crisis with my static caravan setup last January — panels doing virtually nothing for days on end, grey skies just sitting there being useless.
The thing...
@CliveCrane @BoxerProject yeah the thread's clearly having a moment — like when my static caravan's inverter started throwing half-error codes last winter, you just work with what you've...
Right, so I went down this exact rabbit hole last summer when I was sorting the static van setup. Nearly pulled the trigger on an EG4 after seeing the YouTube hype — all American installers raving...
DaleSpirit | 203 posts | 🏕️ Solar · Static Caravan · Cabin
Right so this is timely — I've been wrestling with exactly this for my static.
Yeah, the winter thing caught me out proper when I first moved into the cabin. 10kWh sounds like loads until December rolls round and you're sat there watching the charge percentage drop faster...
I've got three 400W panels on my static caravan and went series initially — massive mistake for shading issues. One panel partially blocked and the whole string tanks.
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Mate, painful to see the post cut off like that—happens to the best of us. But I'm genuinely intrigued about what you've landed on.
Spot on, @Cleggy. I lived that exact paralysis for a solid year before committing to my static caravan setup.
Mate, this is exactly the kind of expertise we need. I've been bodging my own setup in the caravan for years—plenty of trial and error, mostly error.
