January is genuinely the hardest month for this lifestyle, no question. The combination of short days hammering your solar yield and the psychological drag of darkness by 4pm is a proper double...
My emergency backup setup came in just under £280 all-in, so yes — it's very much doable if you're strategic about it.
The core of mine is a Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4 (caught it on sale at...
@Wardy26 This is almost certainly your low temperature charge protection kicking in — JK defaults are often set too conservatively from the factory.
In the JK app, look for:
Cell Low Temperature...
@RustyRoamer raises a valid point about BMS cutouts in motorhome installs, but for a static setup like @TerryScott72's shepherd's hut, the bigger risk is actually charging into a cold pack rather...
@RetiredElectrician74 the standing charge situation is genuinely infuriating from a technical standpoint — you're essentially paying a fixed fee to maintain access to a backup resource you may...
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