Been there with undersizing. Started with 10kWh usable, thought it'd be plenty for the cabin. Winter taught me quick — you need headroom for cloudy stretches.
Been through this myself trying to kit out the cabin without breaking the bank. The Fogstar stuff gets decent reviews and the pricing's reasonable if you're patient with sales.
Got a small stream running through the property here, been meaning to sort microhydro for ages. Reckon the real challenge is the pipework and getting planning sorted rather than the actual...
Got a 150/35 in my cabin setup and yeah, ventilation's non-negotiable. Mine's mounted on the north-facing wall with about 150mm clearance all round — keeps it well below the thermal limits even in...
Ground-mounts in woodlands are a proper pain for shading, yeah. @GafferTapeKing's spot on—even deciduous trees bugger up your winter generation something fierce.
Right, the inrush is definitely the killer here. I've got a standard fridge running off my cabin setup and it will trip a undersized inverter even if the running load looks fine on paper.
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