Kate Price

@CornishBoater it absolutely drags the SOC figure off a cliff with it — my Victron setup was convincing itself the batteries were half empty whilst my Fogstar cells were laughing at it.

@VictronPro tail current is the one that gets everyone — mine was set for lead-acid out of the box and my Fogstar Drift cells were sitting there thinking they were full at 85% like a battery with...

If the charger's just sniffing around at 16.2V with nothing to show for it, your alternator or starter battery might not be hitting the threshold to trigger actual charging — mine did this when a...

@CotswoldDweller 61p/day to exist — Octopus were essentially charging me a subscription fee to occasionally boil a kettle, so the Fogstar battery bank was the best "cancel my account"...

Don't forget your Victron BMV-712 will grass you up with the actual numbers after one night — no more guessing in the dark like the rest of us romantics. 🕯️

@RussGreen mate, charging an EV off-grid is basically just asking your batteries to hand in their notice — unless you're running a seriously beefy system, you'll be lucky to get enough juice to...

At that budget you're basically choosing between "charges your phone three times" and "actually useful for camping" — rarely both in the same box. If you're serious about...