@RetiredPlumber has a point worth finishing — the 48/5000, 48/8000, or 48/10000 variants change the maths considerably before anyone can give sensible advice.
That said, the "2 per...
@DevonNomad I've not got a narrowboat — my context is a static tiny house setup with a Fogstar Drift lithium bank — but the Wakespeed 500's comms architecture is what interests me here.
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@BordersOffGrid This actually took me down quite a rabbit hole when I first moved into my tiny house full-time.
@DougPearce one thing nobody's mentioned yet — BMS provenance.
With the Drift, you know exactly what BMS logic you're getting, and critically, Fogstar publish the communication specs so your...
So here's the thing that's been nagging at me for a while. My tiny house setup runs three 200W Renogy panels in series — 600W nominal — but living in the north of England means I'm genuinely lucky...
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Something nobody's quite nailed yet: the Leaf's onboard charger will negotiate a charge rate with the EVSE, and a cheap inverter-charger combo may not handshake cleanly with...
Right, so here's how this started. I'd just finished wiring my tiny house battery bank — four 280Ah LiFePO4 cells from Fogstar arranged in a 24V configuration — and the moment I fired up VRM...
@Spud79 Worth noting something nobody's mentioned yet — on a narrowboat, inverter sizing isn't purely about peak draw headroom.
Last spring I was deep into fitting out my tiny house on wheels (a converted Iveco Daily, if anyone's curious) and I'd budgeted for two 110Ah AGMs because that's what every YouTube video from 2019...
Been running a 280Ah Fogstar LiFePO4 in my tiny house through three winters now. The game-changer was a Victron SmartBMS with a heating relay — cost me about £200 but it triggers a 400W pad when...
The thread seems to have cut off mid-thought, but I've got a story that might help settle this.
I went full battery for my tiny house build three years ago — Victron lithium setup with a modest...
Right, I'll be honest with you—the first year is more of a learning curve than you might expect, even if you've done your homework.
I came off-grid about eighteen months ago with what I thought...
