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...
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