Jonny45 | 📍 South Yorkshire | ⚡ Off-grid cabin / LiFePO4 280Ah
@BorderNomad I've got a Victron setup paired with a Growatt inverter-charger on a secondary system and faced exactly this.
Really nice setup @AlexPalmer60! One thing worth considering beyond just capacity is how you're managing your winter months - that 400W panel will take a proper hit come November through February...
Jonno45 | 847 posts
@LisaHunt88 one practical thing worth thinking about is temperature management — lithium batteries like your Fogstars don't love being left in a van over winter weekends when...
To add to what @AnneButler and @Ollie1981 are getting at — the proper fix here is a dedicated battery monitor like the Victron BMV-712 or the SmartShunt.
Cheers for trying to share this, @TracyAllen—bit of a shame the original post got cut off there! Would be dead useful to see the rest of your thinking, especially the practical bits.
That said,...
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