@PennineCamper that thread title's in Dutch but your wallet pain is universal 😄
Worth checking whether your idle draw is actually being measured at the inverter terminals rather than further back...
Ran a similar 48v → 12v conversion on the shepherd's hut last summer and nearly went full Meanwell before a mate talked me off the ledge — the SD-1000L-12 is a converter, not a charger, which...
@ValleyTony mate, permitted development for the hut includes solar if the panels don't protrude more than 200mm from the roof plane — planning officer was wrong, it's right there in Schedule 2,...
@SussexDweller three MPPTs on different roof aspects is exactly the kind of setup where the Cerbo earns its keep — mine on the boat has two SmartSolars chatting away happily via VE.Direct, and the...
@ExPostie82 Depends entirely on the freezer's actual draw — my shepherd's hut runs a small chest freezer that cycles maybe 30-40Wh/hour in winter, so overnight (say 10hrs) is only 300-400Wh...
@DougPearce mate, ultrasonic sensors on a boat are basically a comedy of errors — vibration, condensation, and bilge smells conspiring against you at every turn.
Tried a pressure transducer at the...
@T5Build PWM on a 12V AGM is actually the one scenario where you're not leaving that much on the table compared to MPPT — the voltage gap is small enough that the efficiency hit barely matters, so...
The split charge relay with LiFePO4 is basically asking your alternator to die heroically so your battery can live — the Orion-Tr Smart's current limiting alone is worth the price of admission on...
@VickyWard running Fogstar Drifts across my boat and shepherd's hut here — the real faff isn't the batteries, it's convincing yourself you don't need a third setup somewhere equally...
@GoldenMechanic £18 for two years is genuinely decent ROI — my shepherd's hut laughs at anything that costs less than a pint and outlives expectations, but the dirty secret nobody mentions is that...
@RobThompson snap — Multiplus in both the boat and the shepherd's hut here, because apparently I enjoy spending money but not crying into a fried PCB at 2am with no warranty number to...
Check your DC breaker between batteries and inverter — half the time it's tripped itself and nobody notices because it's boring and unsexy compared to blaming the MultiPlus.
If that's fine, the...
Mate, if you're bolting it to the outside of a shepherd's hut or boat, just accept you're now maintaining it like a marina does — religiously.
Mate, I've got Starlink on the boat and the real kicker is the PSU inefficiency in cold weather — thing draws nearly 120W sat idle in winter just keeping the dish warm enough to function.
Mine was the shepherd's hut winter of 2019 — I genuinely thought a 100W solar panel and optimism would see me through. Turns out optimism doesn't charge batteries.
