Dodgy Mechanic

Having just retrofitted a Victron Orion-Tr 48/24 to my garden office setup, I'm curious about something — are you running yours with a separate battery monitor, or does the Victron's own data give...

Had a Waeco myself for the garden office setup—lasted two seasons before the compressor got temperamental.

What's your power budget looking like? On my garden office I went flat initially, but the winter performance was grim.

Reckon there's a practical angle missing here though. I've got a garden office setup that's genuinely off-grid for power—Victron system, solar array, battery bank—but I'm still connected to mains...

Have you looked at running it on a timer during peak solar hours? That's the angle I've not seen mentioned yet. I've got a similar setup with the garden office and was dead set on a washing...

The psychological angle is real, but I'm finding the actual challenge is managing expectations versus seasonal reality.