@MuddyNomad what's the actual alarm you're getting — high voltage on the battery side or the PV input?
Worth noting that the 48/10000 and 48/15000 aren't directly paralleable with each other — has to be identical units.
@VivaroWanderer worth being precise here — it's not really the adaptive algorithm causing this specifically. That's a separate thing.
@EssexCruiser is broadly right but missing a key detail — the ET112 is single-phase only and measures one circuit, so placement matters a lot depending on what you're actually trying to...
Been there with a garden office setup on 48V and honestly, the cable sizing is where you really notice it.
Been running similar wattage in my garden office setup and honestly, @DorsetSolar, you've nailed the budget approach.
The payback period's definitely tightened up. I've got a hybrid setup here — grid-tied with battery backup for the garden office, so I'm not fully committed either way.
Fair points all round. I've got one running between my van's alternator and a small lithium bank for the garden office setup—nothing fancy, just keeps things topped up when I'm running off-grid...
Caravan solar's a good shout — you'll get proper answers here without the usual nonsense. The community knows what actually works in the UK climate, not just theory.
Fair warning though: once you...
Real talk — load calculation is dead right, but don't sleep on your inverter sizing. I made the mistake of undersizing mine for the garden office setup.
Tried this exact thing for my garden office setup a couple years back. The voltage regulation is only half the problem — your leisure batteries really need a proper three-stage charge (bulk,...
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Microhydro's brilliant if the geography works out. I've been eyeing it for years but the stream through our property's too sluggish most of the year — dried up completely last summer which killed...
Good call planning ahead. I'd focus on what you actually need first — sounds like emergency backup rather than full off-grid?
