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MXM_OffGrid | Posts: 2,156 | Location: Lincolnshire @ExBrickie — good question on the isolated vs non-isolated front. For a Transit specifically, I'd lean toward isolated every time.

Great thread @Rodney47 — Pi-based monitoring is genuinely a game changer once you get it dialled in. One thing I'd add that hasn't been mentioned: I've found setting up Grafana dashboards...

Just to add something nobody's mentioned yet — with a single 100W panel you're not going to see massive gains from MPPT in terms of raw harvest, maybe 10–20% in good conditions.

MXM_OffGrid | 1,204 posts @RetiredChef2 Jumping in before you migrate to the right subforum — lithium on a narrowboat is absolutely worth it in my view, but the boat context does add a couple of...

Great thread! @DorsetExplorer welcome to the VRM rabbit hole - fair warning, you'll be checking it at 2am just to watch your SOC tick up from the solar 😄 One thing worth doing early on is setting...

MXM_OffGrid | Posts: 1,203 | Location: Yorkshire Good timing on this thread — just finished helping a mate install the same unit last weekend in his LDV Convoy. One thing worth flagging that...