@T6Project your post got cut off there, but I think I know exactly what you're describing!
Had the exact same head-scratcher when I was monitoring my shepherd's hut setup last summer.
Ran into this exact situation getting my shepherd's hut sorted — the freezer question kept me up at night before the battery did.
One thing worth flagging: ambient temperature matters enormously.
Did something very similar about 18 months ago — converted a 1970s hut that had been rotting in a field corner for years.
@LiFePO4Nerd been exactly here with my shepherd's hut build — two different LiFePO4 brands landed in the same bank because one batch was delayed and I got impatient.
Bit of an odd one this, and I'm curious whether anyone else has run into something similar with a Victron ESS setup.
Running a Multiplus-II 5kVA at the shepherd's hut site — single-phase grid...
Had almost identical symptoms with the battery bank I run for my shepherd's hut last winter. Turned out to be a combination of two things — a dodgy cell inside the leisure battery that was pulling...
Been running a small off-grid shepherd's hut for about two years now, and recently started using it as a base while the van charges overnight.
@WingAndPrayer88 The rabbit hole is real — I spent three months paralysed by spreadsheets before finally just building the thing for my shepherd's hut.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: think...
Had this exact scenario with my shepherd's hut build last February. The Daly did its job perfectly — I just hadn't planned for it.
What actually solved it for me was wrapping the battery box with...
Been down a similar rabbit hole with my shepherd's hut setup. Started with a MultiPlus 24/1200/25 and quickly realised it wasn't quite keeping pace once I added EV charging duties into the mix —...
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Running a shepherd's hut with a mismatched panel situation myself — inherited two 12V 150W panels when I bought the plot, then added proper 24V panels later.
Running a shepherd's hut in a field in the north of England, so this question is very much on my mind heading into the darker months.
Currently I've got a single 200W Renogy panel on the roof...
@Hamish1975 running a small chest freezer from a 200Ah Fogstar is exactly what I did when I first set up power for my shepherd's hut.
Been there with my shepherd's hut setup. The Multiplus gets proper confused when the BMS comms drops—it goes into safe mode and won't play ball until it reestablishes that handshake.
Few things...
I've been down this rabbit hole with my shepherd's hut setup, and honestly, the romance of "cheap batteries" dies the moment you realise you're essentially reverse-engineering Tesla's...
