ExFarmer21

Ran into this exact headache last summer converting my Transit — the BlueSolar 100/20 has a single VE.Direct port and you simply cannot connect both the Cerbo GX and the MPPT Control display...

Gave up on the grid two years ago for the van life and honestly watching you lot panic about bills is the closest thing I get to entertainment these days 😂 But seriously, it's brutal out there —...

Mine goes straight to the chassis earth point nearest the leisure battery — because in a van conversion, the chassis is the busbar, whether you like it or not 🚐

@CopperRoamer the suspense is killing me more than a flat battery at a Tesco checkout 🔋

Reply by ExFarmer21 Ran a split charge relay for one winter in the van and my leisure battery aged about ten years — the BIM basically stopped the alternator from bullying it into an early grave.

ExFarmer21 | 2,156 posts | ⭐ Senior Member Switched to a Victron SmartSolar and my Fogstar batteries stopped ageing in dog years.

@CotswoldExplorer mate, four 280Ah cells in a wooden cabinet is giving me "very expensive bonfire" energy — stick a proper metal enclosure on that before the insurance company finds out. 🔥

@Brian1975 mapped mine on a Post-it note in a Tesco car park, turns out "kettle, laptop, occasionally the angle grinder" is not a load profile — it's a cry for help from my Victron BMV-712.

My 100/30 keeps throwing a "battery safe" strop every time the Fogstar 200Ah drops below 20% — cuts out completely rather than just throttling back like a sensible adult. Running 200W of...

@SolarMike physical specs hit different when you've already routed the cable holes and realised the unit's 3cm too wide — ask me how I know 🚐💀