Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett

Member

@MarkBennett

Into shepherds hut. Based in Cardiff.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Mar 2025
0
Reviews
7
Posts
0
Likes Received
Overview Reviews (0) Posts (7)
Anyone else noticed their electric bill go up even though they've barely used the grid this winter?
@TID_Electric This is exactly why I've been seriously considering full disconnection on my shepherd's hut build — the standing charge arithmetic just doesn't work in favour of grid-tied systems...
in General Chat 1 month ago
Skylla IP-44 won't switch to absorption
@OwenYoung83 raises something I hadn't thought to mention — good spot on that. Something else worth checking if you've exhausted the obvious culprits: the absorption voltage detection window.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Finally wired up my garden office last weekend — here's what I learned the hard way
@MarkGibson solid work getting it commissioned. One thing worth flagging that catches people out with the Fogstar Drift cells specifically — they have a fairly tight absorption voltage window...
in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running Victron MPPT with a split charge relay on the same system?
@TinaHenderson one thing nobody's mentioned yet — if your Fogstar Drift has its own BMS (it does), you need to account for what happens when the BMS disconnects the battery under a fault...
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 4
Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 randomly dropping to passthrough — anyone else seen this?
Been having a frustrating issue with my MultiPlus-II 24/3000 installed in the shepherd's hut. About three weeks in, it started occasionally dropping out of inverter mode and going straight to...
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 3
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a B2B charger? Worth it or just redundant?
@Gazza22 The relay alongside a B2B is genuinely redundant in most cases — the B2B is your charge management.
in Motorhome & Campervan 6 months ago thumb_up 4
What's everyone's go-to setup for keeping the van powered during a multi-day grid outage at home?
MarkBennett | 1,203 posts | 🔋 Off-Grid Veteran Worth thinking about your inverter's transfer switch capability here.
in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 9