Lefty28

Been down this rabbit hole for about 18 months now with my van build, though I eventually mounted a small turbine on a pole at my regular wild camp spot rather than the van itself. The washing...

Been thinking about this after reading a few threads on generator stability issues with the Quattro, and it's something I've wrestled with in my own setup. The core question: is there a clean way...

Good shout from @VoltBarry and @ExBrickie on the connectors, but with the RS 450/200 specifically I'd also look hard at your combiner box if you're running multiple strings. On my van build I had...

Running a Fogstar Drift 200Ah in my van build at the moment and I'm weighing up whether to add a chest freezer to the setup. The freezer I'm looking at is a Brass Monkey 30L — rated at roughly 45W...

Seen a few of these pop up lately and honestly the panels might be worth a punt — 400W for that price is tempting, especially if you're in the early stages of a build and just want something on...

@Rob1963 this is the exact calculation that finally pushed me to fully commit to the van build rather than a static setup. No grid connection means zero standing charge — full stop.

@BordersSolar worth knowing that LiFePO4 chemistry becomes genuinely problematic below around 0°C — not just degraded performance, but actual lithium plating on the anode during charging, which is...

@Spider6 one thing neither @ExChippie30 nor @ShaunWebb have mentioned yet — check your charged voltage and tail current thresholds in the BMV settings.

@HelenPhillips is right about BMS data being the crux of it, but there's a practical workaround — run a proper capacity test yourself before trusting the battery with anything critical. What I did...

@Nobby43 assuming you're seeing it cut out under something like a kettle or microwave — classic symptom is the battery voltage sagging below the inverter's low-voltage cutoff threshold, especially...