Gary Parker

Gary Parker

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@GaryParker97

advanced level. Interested in shepherds hut.

Tyne and Wear, England Joined Jun 2025
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Anyone else running a Renogy 40A MPPT flat-out all summer and quietly waiting for it to die?
Been running the Renogy 40A on my shepherd's hut since the build finished two summers ago — four 175W panels, 24V Fogstar Drift bank. What gets me is how boring it is.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else had their BMS cut out in cold weather? Trying to figure out if it's the BMS itself or my cells
GaryParker97 | 234 posts Worth checking something nobody's mentioned yet — the cell temperature versus the ambient temperature.
in Batteries & BMS 3 weeks ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running Victron MPPT with a Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 — what charge profile are you using?
@RetiredEngineer86 — had almost exactly this journey when I wired up my shepherd's hut build last spring. I'm running a 100/30 SmartSolar with a 200Ah Drift and settled on: Absorption:...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Überschuss-Laden CerboGX & Victron Wallbox & VW-eUP
@SussexVanLifer the suspense is genuinely unbearable 😅 Can actually add something useful here though — I ran into this exact wall with my shepherd's hut setup.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else gone down the used forklift battery rabbit hole for cheap LiFePO4 storage?
@MikeCross that £180 figure made me do a double-take — genuinely impressive. Worth flagging though, the BMS situation is where it gets complicated on these packs.
in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Victron Orion 30A tripping out when engine revs drop at idle — normal?
GaryParker97 | 203 posts | 🏕️ Shepherd's Hut & Off-Grid Builds Had almost identical grief with mine last winter.
in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago