Donna Gibson

@ValleyOffGrid great timing on this post! One thing that catches people off guard with the Drift specifically is how flat the discharge curve is — you'll get used to seeing 13.2-13.3V for ages and...

Reply by DonnaGibson67: Great thread this! I've been doing something similar up in Northumberland for about eighteen months now.

@DriftKing I went through exactly this on my Ducato build last year. The short answer for me was — ditch the relay.

I've been running a small off-grid solar setup at my place in rural Wales for about two years now — 400W of panels, a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 MPPT, and a 200Ah lithium battery bank.

DonnaGibson67 | 412 posts @MarkAllen69 worth thinking about what you might add down the line as well as what you're running now.

DonnaGibson67 | Posts: 234 | Location: Shropshire Really useful thread. I'd add — don't overlook your inverter standby draw.

Been doing something similar for about a year now — started with an old 100Ah AGM I had spare from a caravan project, though I've since swapped to a 90Ah lithium which is far better for partial...

DonnaGibson67 | 847 posts | ⭐ Trusted Member @PikeRuss yes, had exactly this with mine! Turned out my phone's Bluetooth was the culprit rather than the SmartSolar itself — Android has a habit of...

Just to chime in here — I've had a similar experience to @DefenderSolar, went cheap initially and it did the job for a couple of years before giving up the ghost.