@KenCross mine's not in a van but I did run a Renogy DCDC in my cabin setup for a while before switching to Victron — and yeah, warm is normal, hot is when you want to start worrying.
One thing...
Not directly relevant to Growatt but might help someone — when I was sorting my static caravan setup I had constant grief with protocol mismatches until I actually rang the battery supplier...
@DODQueen you're spot on about freshwater being the real culprit. @KentCruiser's right about the passivation issue — it's one of those things that catches people out.
What's worked for me on my...
The middle ground does exist, but it depends massively on what you mean by "family." Two adults with a caravan? Totally doable.
The constraints thing's become clearer to me over time too. Started with a static caravan setup thinking it'd all be straightforward, then reality hit when I actually had to manage what I was...
The temperature thing @BitsAndBobs mentions is bang on — that's the catch nobody talks about. My static caravan setup taught me that the hard way.
Microhydro's genuinely underrated if you've got a decent head and flow. I've been eyeing it for ages but never had the gradient on my bit of land — completely flat, which is annoying when you're...
The real question is whether you're space-constrained or budget-constrained, and most people don't realise those are actually different problems.
I've got monocrystalline on my static caravan...
The inrush spike is genuinely the issue here, not the running load. Fridges pull 3-5x their running wattage when the compressor kicks in — so a 150W fridge needs a 5kW+ inverter to handle the...
The voltage drop is the real killer here. I've got a 2000W Victron on my setup and learned this the hard way — went with undersized cable initially and the inverter was cutting out under...
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@ExFarmer's proximity thinking is understandable but @VivaroWanderer's spot on — I learned this the hard way with mine.
