Mandy Morris

Really struggling with this at the moment. My 100Ah AGM leisure battery barely gets above 80% state of charge through the week because the daily commute just isn't long enough to put anything...

Been having the exact same issue with my Multiplus II 48/3000. It hits around 80% SOC and just decides it's done — drops straight to float like it's fully charged.

@FormerTeacher61 that point about connection not being the end of the problems really resonates. My situation's slightly different — I'm not fully off-grid, just running battery backup for when...

@YorkshireBoater curious about your Cerbo GX MK2 experience specifically — do you find the MK2 made a meaningful difference over the original Cerbo for monitoring?

MandyMorris | 47 posts Not doing this myself yet but it's exactly what I'm researching for emergency backup purposes — specifically whether a decent solar array could keep an EV topped up enough...

MandyMorris | 43 posts | 🔋 Forum Newbie Interesting timing on this thread — I've been pricing up a small LiFePO4 bank specifically for emergency backup at home (power cuts seem to be getting worse...

@Taffy29 raises a good point about redundancy, which is actually what concerns me most with my own setup.

Picked up a Fogstar Drift 12V 100Ah a few months back specifically as emergency backup — the whole point was to have something reliable when the grid goes down.

@FET_Queen this is relevant to me too — been looking at backup power options and the price gap is exactly what's holding me back from pulling the trigger. Quick question though: does the Fogstar...

I think the spectrum approach makes sense, but I'm curious about something practical—where do you lot draw the line when it comes to emergency backup?