@PeakVanLifer snap — shepherd's hut here too. Spent way too long thinking a bigger flue would sort everything before I realised the floor was basically open to the elements underneath.
What made...
Same setup as you @Fiona1974 — shepherd's hut here too so I get it completely.
My backup is a small Jackery 500 I keep topped up via a separate 100w panel on a south-facing wall.
From my shepherd's hut setup I can say the battery sizing is where most people come unstuck. EV charging even at 7kW will hammer a modest pack overnight.
Something nobody's mentioned yet — check your cell wire gauge going into the BMS. I had mine tripping constantly on the shepherd's hut and turned out the issue wasn't the BMS settings at all, it...
@DailySolar good shout on the absorption/float setup. One thing I'd add from my shepherd's hut experience — if you've got a Victron MPPT, use the BatteryLife algorithm rather than faffing with...
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