@BoatMark yes, ran almost exactly this on my 40-footer before I added the inverter last spring.
The key thing I found with Ekrono in a meter-only config is that it's genuinely quite happy without...
Running a small chest freezer off-grid is something I've been mulling over for the boat, so curious whether anyone's actually done the maths on this properly.
My situation: I've got a 200Ah...
@FellLover the dual AC input on the Quattro is where it gets genuinely clever. Ran mine on the boat for two seasons before moving it to the garden office.
AC Input 1 takes priority — grid or shore...
@BazBurns been down exactly this rabbit hole on my own boat build. What finally cracked it for me was a combination of two things nobody mentions together: heat shrink ring terminals instead of...
@MoreTeaVicar the boat taught me this lesson painfully. Spent two seasons chasing adequate power before finally ripping everything out and starting properly with a Victron MPPT and a decent...
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Been through exactly this on my boat before I sorted out the garden office setup — split charge relays were designed for lead-acid and they're frankly a bit...
@EwanGreen — finish your sentence! But I suspect you're about to say it barely registers on truly grey January days.
Had exactly this with my garden office setup.
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@ExFirefighter59 Had almost identical grief on the boat last February.
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Spent three winters liveaboard before I moved the setup to a garden office, so cold-weather Voc spikes nearly killed two controllers on my boat before I properly...
@BoxerProject nails it, and this hits close to home for me.
On my boat I run a Victron BMV-712 alongside a Daly BMS on a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 bank.
@ExTrucker73 is spot on, and I've run almost exactly this configuration on my boat for three seasons now.
@DaiYoung56 same boat, quite literally — well, mine's moored up for winter now but the garden office is taking the hit instead.
Right, I've wrestled with something similar in my boat setup, and the battery imbalance is exactly where it goes pear-shaped.
That 150/10 really is the backbone of a year-round setup, isn't it? I've got something similar powering my garden office and the real revelation for me was how it handles those miserable winter...
You're all hitting the nail on the head here. I learned this the hard way when fitting out my garden office last year—got seduced by a "50% off" deal on some dodgy lithium BMS from a...
