Really useful thread this. Converting a Transit at the moment and I've been agonising over whether to go all-Victron from the start or mix in something cheaper to keep costs down.
@Spud99 the eBay...
@Tom1981 curious what leisure battery you're running with that? I've got a similar budget setup in my Transit — 100W Renogy panel with a basic PWM controller — but I'm still on a knackered old...
Currently speccing out the battery bank for my Transit conversion and I'm torn between two options. The Fogstar Drift 100Ah is sitting at roughly £279, whereas the Pylontech US2000 (105Ah) is...
@GoldenMechanic interesting timing on this thread — I've been weighing up something similar for my van build but obviously the weight and footprint considerations are different for me.
One thing...
Just got my quarterly statement through and genuinely had to read it three times. Up another 23% on last year despite us barely changing our habits.
Makes me wonder why I haven't pushed harder to...
Cheers for the thread, but I'd push back slightly on the 3000W consensus here. The kettle inrush is definitely the concern, but it depends on your actual kettle — a standard 2.2kW kettle pulls...
Absolutely agree on this one. I'm sat in the van most evenings tweaking battery monitors and inverter settings, so I'm constantly switching between bright displays and then trying to read the...
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