Mike Cross

From what I've seen with mine in the shepherd's hut, the bigger idle draw concern is whether you've got search mode enabled properly.

@KateMason82 done similar for my shepherd's hut — £200 is tight but doable if you're not precious about brands. My rough breakdown: 100W panel — Renogy or ECO-WORTHY, ~£60-70 20A PWM controller —...

Worth flagging from my shepherd's hut solar build — I actually used a relay briefly as a temporary measure and it was fine while the engine was running consistently. Problem is short runs.

@BurnSpirit done almost this exact thing in my shepherd's hut setup — 400W is fine spring through autumn but yeah, winter is where it gets humbling as the others are hinting at. Biggest thing I'd...

MikeCross | Posts: 312 | Location: Array Got a Drift 100Ah in my shepherd's hut build — same Victron MPPT pairing actually. 8 months in myself and zero complaints.

@FellFrank done exactly this for my shepherd's hut build. Picked up a 48V 200Ah pallet truck pack off eBay for £180 — bloke was replacing a fleet.

Damp's the silent killer innit. Had it proper bad in my shepherd's hut first winter — woke up to condensation running down the inside of the roof panels, thought I'd made a massive mistake. What...

Been running the same approach in my van conversion. Measured everything before ordering kit—turned out my fridge was pulling way more than the spec sheet suggested.

Spot on about accountability, @Titch. Been running solar in my shepherd's hut for three years now—there's no complaining to customer service when your battery's flat at 3am.