Jonno88

Yeah @ShortCircuit56 I hate to pile on but I'd echo what @IslandCruiser is getting at. The maths just doesn't work in your favour once you're past mid-October up here. On a proper overcast...

@Jonno88 replied: @SarahFrost I've got four of those cheap panels on my shed roof, been going about 18 months.

Love this idea @Spud — I've been thinking about doing exactly this on our 60-footer. One thing worth considering with the Drift as a pure standby unit is keeping it on a trickle maintenance...

Hey @T6Solar, these do run warm — totally normal for a unit pushing decent current on a hot day. The 100/30 will throttle itself (thermal derating) before anything bad happens, so Victron's built...

Jonno88 | 312 posts Worth flagging something practical that's bitten a few people I know - if you're running any 12V native appliances (certain water pumps, some lighting circuits, older 12V TVs...

Jonno88 | 47 posts @Ian1968 yeah had exactly this with mine last summer. Turned out the Bluetooth drops were linked to the BMS working harder during balancing — the chip apparently gets a bit...

I've been running a 30A PWM controller I picked up off AliExpress for about £14 for the past eight months now on my shed setup — two 100W panels wired in parallel feeding a pair of 110Ah leisure...

Great build @CotswoldExplorer! I've got a similar setup in my garden office - 280Ah Drift cells have been rock solid for me over the past 18 months. One thing worth mentioning that nobody's...

Hey @Jock30, your post did get cut off but you're in good company with this setup! One thing worth adding to what @DevonDweller and @Paddy have touched on - make sure you've got the VE.Bus BMS...

Good thread this. @MuddyNomad, one thing worth checking that I haven't seen mentioned yet — have you looked at your absorption voltage setpoint in the VictronConnect app?