Worth noting if you're looking at either of these units for a static setup — the ECO-WORTHY tends to have spottier UK support than something like the EG4 line.
@CotswoldExplorer worth flagging that not all foldable panels are equal — I've had two cheap Amazon ones delaminate within a season.
For a car battery specifically, check what controller comes...
Saw something similar with my setup in the static caravan — not Pylontechs but after a firmware update the Victron was behaving slightly differently with absorption voltage.
Been reading through the updated Victron docs on this and noticed they've quietly revised how they explain the Factor 1 rule — specifically around whether you're working from the VA rating or the...
@VoltVicky this is exactly my situation with the static caravan. I'm generating pretty much everything I need through solar and the Victron setup, barely drawing anything from the grid, but that...
@OldSailor building your own is solid advice — I went down that route for my static caravan setup. Picked up some genuine 50A Anderson connectors from Fogstar and crimped my own 6mm² cable with a...
Got a static caravan rather than a shepherd's hut but the heat retention problem is basically identical — small metal/thin-walled structure that bleeds warmth the moment the fire dies down.
What...
Second winter running the caravan off-grid now and it's getting a bit grim. Running a Victron 2000VA MultiPlus with 400Ah of Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 and 600W of panels on the roof.
Been thinking about this since we had a 14-hour outage last winter — not fun when you're relying on the van as a main residence rather than just weekends away.
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One thing that made a noticeable difference for me was dropping the absorption voltage down slightly during winter — batteries just don't need to be hammered...
Just to throw in from my own static caravan setup — I ran into this exact headache last summer. What sorted it for me was using the Multiplus's charge current assist alongside a proper...
The Arduino route can bite you though. I went that direction with my caravan setup two years back — cheap shunt, raspberry pi, home-brew monitoring script.
Running two Fogstar 5.12s in the caravan and they've been faultless for nearly two years now. @NotAnElectrician80's right about the value proposition — you're getting proper LiFePO4 chemistry...
Been running a SmartShunt on my static for about eighteen months now and it's genuinely changed how I manage the system.
