Dales Solar

DalesSolar | Posts: 847 | Location: North Yorkshire @JaneGrant Yes, absolutely seen this — it's a known quirk with JK units in cold conditions.

Hey @BrianLewis79, worth bearing in mind that LiFePO4s have a much flatter discharge curve than lead-acid, so even small voltage measurement errors can translate to wildly inaccurate...

DalesSolar | Posts: 847 @RiverRunner one thing people often overlook is the difference between usable capacity and nameplate capacity.

DalesSolar | Posts: 2,156 @Stacey72 good shout from @Chalky38 on the input current limit — that's caught me out before too.

I've been running a Yamaha EF2000iS for a couple of winters now as a backup when the panels are producing next to nothing for days on end.

DalesSolar | 847 posts @ForestBoater good setup! One thing worth flagging with parallel Victrons into lithium — make sure you've got them networked via VE.Smart Networking (Bluetooth mesh) so...

DalesSolar | 1,203 posts | ☀️ Yorkshire Dales | Fogstar fan @BatteryWez one thing nobody's mentioned yet — how many consecutive bad weather days do you need to survive without running a generator...

DalesSolar | 📍 North Yorkshire | Posts: 1,243 Good timing on this thread — I've been meaning to post something similar.