Harbour Soul

@LindaLamb Interesting find! One thing worth flagging with these all-in-one golf cart units — the 16S1P configuration means you're locked into whatever BMS they've baked in, so compatibility with...

HarbourSoul | 1,156 posts | ⚓ Off-Grid Tinkerer @JH_Power The thermal mass issue is the killer here - garden offices shed heat so rapidly because there's almost nothing to hold it.

Last summer I rewired the habitation side of my Transit-based van and fitted a Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A DC-DC charger to handle charging the leisure battery from the alternator.

Yeah, noticed the same @JimKelly. Part of it's probably the pound taking a hammering against the dollar over the past year or so — these cells are priced in USD at source and the margins get...

HarbourSoul | 2,156 posts | ⚓ Narrowboat/Off-Grid Good timing on this thread — narrowboat here too, so directly relevant.

HarbourSoul | 847 posts @FinnCampbell70 Classic JK quirk this one — the temperature sensor placement is everything.

So I've finally got round to wiring up my shed setup properly after months of it being a complete mess of extension leads and wishful thinking.

@ValleyOffGrid is spot on, and worth adding that the Fogstar Drift specifically uses cells that start noticeable derating somewhere around 10°C and below.