Same setup in my shepherd's hut actually — Multiplus-II with a Drift 200Ah.
One thing worth adding: the Drift communicates over Victron's VE.Bus/CAN path, so GX device users (I've got a Cerbo GX)...
Good shout from @MoorRuss and @PanelEwan on the cabling side. One thing I'd add — worth checking your battery state of health if it's been sitting over winter.
@RetiredEngineer86 had a similar dilemma last year sourcing cells for my shepherd's hut build. Ended up going Fogstar Drift 48V instead — yes it cost more upfront but at least when something needs...
Worth adding — the ESS assistant in VE.Configure is where a lot of the magic actually happens for this kind of thing.
@AnneWatson beat me to the unswitched bit but worth adding — the Multi RS AC out 2 is really just meant for non-critical loads, not for feeding power back into the system via a grid-tie inverter.
@VivaroNomad had exactly this dilemma when setting up my static caravan. Ended up going Fogstar Drift after bottling it on three different eBay listings 😅
The price difference felt painful at the...
@TQ_Builds tag your post and edit it to add the rest of the details — we can't really help without knowing what the actual problem is 😅
That said, I've got a similar-ish setup in my shepherd's hut...
Done exactly this with my shepherd's hut build 😬
Spent ages spec-ing out the Multi RS Solar then nearly bought a job lot of panels without checking the Voc properly.
Had this in my shepherd's hut last February — brutal wake-up call. Ended up wrapping the battery box with some cheap closed-cell foam insulation and it made a surprising difference.
Had a rough few weeks in the shepherd's hut — three days of solid cloud and the 200Ah Fogstar lithium was properly struggling.
Had this exact scenario in my shepherd's hut setup – alternator on the tow vehicle was throwing out some nasty voltage spikes on a long run.
@GlenDixon worth it every time in my experience. Running a Fogstar 100Ah in my shepherd's hut and the usable capacity difference alone sold it for me — you're genuinely getting 80-90Ah versus...
Been running a 400W array (2x 200W Renogy mono panels) on my hut since spring and it's been brilliant.
Not done boats myself but had similar shade/mismatch headaches on my shepherd's hut install — ended up going parallel for exactly the reasons @BatteryAlan mentions.
One thing nobody's flagged yet:...
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Had the exact same grief with my shepherd's hut setup. Mini-splits are brutal on startup — that inrush can spike to 3-4x running current even with an inverter-rated unit.
Few things worth...
