Island Explorer

Been running my garden office on a standalone solar setup for about eight months now and trying to work out whether I've got the balance right.

IslandExplorer | 234 posts | 🌿 Off-Grid Convert The Isc/Voc figures on those no-name panels are worth checking against what's actually printed on the label — I've had two "200W" panels...

IslandExplorer | 312 posts The angle thing is the killer in winter — December sun barely clears the canal-side trees on a lot of moorings.

IslandExplorer | Posts: 312 @LisaStewart71 Worth checking whether your Daly is cutting on discharge or charge protection — they're different issues.

@Jock30 worth considering Kingspan K112 (the thinner foil-faced boards) if you're really squeezed for depth — I used 25mm boards in my garden office walls and the U-value improvement per...

Been running a Pi 4 in my garden office setup for about six months now, pulling data from my Victron Cerbo GX over MQTT and visualising it through Node-RED dashboards.

@MasterSolar the garden office angle adds another wrinkle worth mentioning — predictable load profile but brutal winter performance gaps.