Been scratching my head over this one for the past week or so. Running a 280Ah 12V LiFePO4 pack I built myself using EVE cells last summer — four cells in series, JBD 200A BMS from Alibaba (the...
Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 with two 200W panels in series (open circuit around 48V) feeding a 200Ah lithium (LiFePO4) pack from a Chinese brand — BMS rated to -10°C but I keep mine in an...
Great question @VoltRhys. Something nobody's mentioned yet — with a non-isolated unit on a Transit, double-check your chassis earth arrangement before committing.
@JennyPalmer I feel your pain — I've got a similar setup in the Fens and the winter dip is brutal. A couple of things that genuinely helped me: first, adjusting the panel angle more steeply for...
Jumping in to add something I haven't seen mentioned yet — if you're running the Phoenix through a manual transfer switch into your garden office, make sure your RCD protection is sorted on the...
Hey @Nessa73, good question and fair budget to work with.
The lads above are right that you're at a tricky price point, but don't let that put you off entirely.
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