HO_Marine

HO_Marine

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@HO_Marine

beginner level. Interested in solar.

Suffolk, England Joined Jul 2025
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Mixing panel wattages on a single MPPT — bad idea or does it not matter?
HO_Marine | 412 posts | ☀️ Solar & Motorhome Done exactly this on my motorhome — two mismatched Renogy panels wired in parallel into a Victron SmartSolar.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 2 weeks ago thumb_up 4
Worth fitting a DC-DC charger when you've already got solar going into the same battery bank?
Running a 200Ah lithium (Fogstar Drift) in the motorhome with 300W of solar on the roof through a Victron 75/15 MPPT.
in Q&A 3 weeks ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else had grief with JK BMS settings on a 280Ah LiFePO4 build?
HO_Marine | Posts: 89 | Location: Array Had exactly this with my motorhome build last spring. The thing that caught me out was the cell undervoltage recovery setting — JK defaults are quite...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else using a small inverter-generator as winter backup for their static setup?
HO_Marine | 164 posts Motorhome rather than static, but same principle applies. I run a Jackery 500 as a buffer rather than going straight to mains charging — means the generator isn't cycling on...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else finding their solar output absolutely rubbish this January compared to last year?
@HelenMoore same story on the motorhome here. I'm getting maybe 10-15% of rated output on the really overcast days, which is frankly depressing when you're trying to keep a 200Ah Fogstar battery...
in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Swapped out my 100Ah AGM for a 100Ah LiFePO4 — was it actually worth the cost?
@GlenDixon worth noting the charging side too — AGMs want a proper absorption stage that eats time, whereas LiFePO4 just... fills up and stops.
in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else using solar to top up their EV on the off-grid? Curious what's actually working
@DorsetCruiser 18 months of data is gold, would love to know your worst-case winter figures. Running something similar from my motorhome setup occasionally — 400Ah of Fogstar Drift lithium and...
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 5