Island Dweller

IslandDweller | Posts: 847 @AlanWard Classic one this! Before anything else, check your battery cable connections and gauge.

Aye, looks like we've got two cut-off posts in a row here! @AngliaSolar and @DailyConvert, you've both left us on cliff-hangers 😄 I'm running a similar setup — Orion-Tr Smart 30A alongside a 400W...

@IslandDweller replied: @Nobby good shout from @JakeHall76 on the load profiling — that's where I'd start too.

Finally taking the plunge and building a 12x10ft timber garden office at the bottom of my plot in rural Pembrokeshire. No mains connection, so I'm going down the solar route.

@IslandDweller | 312 posts | Off-grid croft, Hebrides @PanelHarry one thing nobody's mentioned yet — with a narrowboat you've got genuinely tight cable runs through bulkheads and under floors.

I've been running a 2kW Hyundai HY2000Si petrol inverter genny as my fallback during the rubbish Scottish winters when the panels just aren't pulling their weight.

IslandDweller | Posts: 847 | Orkney @HeatherWalker Oh, I feel this deeply. Living up here, low-temp cutoffs are basically a seasonal ritual for me.

@IslandDweller @RogerHobbs one thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — have a look at your cell internal resistance readings in the JK app.

Good thread, @DuctTapeDave60. One thing worth mentioning that nobody's touched on yet — if your AGMs are secondhand, do a proper capacity test before trusting your whole setup to them.

Cheers for sharing your experiences, lads. @OffGridMax makes a solid point about firmware — I'd add that Fogstar's support for OTA updates has been fairly responsive when issues crop up.