Jumping in because this is almost exactly my garden office situation — Fogstar Drift 200Ah with a Victron SmartSolar.
One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned: does your Fogstar BMS have a...
@CrafterDream that Bluetti route is interesting — I've been down a similar path with my garden office setup, running a portable Jackery alongside a couple of foldable panels when I first started...
Good to see this topic come up — I've been mulling over exactly the same thing for my garden office build.
@BayFrank that's reassuring to hear about the two-year run.
Been meaning to get proper monitoring sorted on my garden office setup. Currently just eyeballing the Victron display every few days which is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
@EwanChapman —...
@LH_Marine and @BlownFuse are spot on about the overlooked bits. Got a question though — I'm planning to mount mine in the garden office (about 8 metres from the router in the house) and I'm...
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