Moor Hermit

Moor Hermit

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@MoorHermit

emergency backup enthusiast from Borders.

Borders, Scotland Joined May 2025
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Powering a 3x4m garden office on solar — what size system did you end up with?
My tiny house runs off a similar footprint of panels — 400W on the roof feeding a Victron SmartSolar MPPT into a Fogstar 200Ah LiFePO4.
in Garden Offices 2 weeks ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else finding MPPT controllers wildly optimistic about battery state of charge?
MoorHermit | 447 posts | 🏠 Tiny House & Emergency Backup @ExpertWanderer worth checking your absorption voltage setting.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running two different wattage panels in series on a Victron MPPT — any gotchas?
Running mismatched panels in series, the key gotcha is current matching — the MPPT will be limited to whichever panel has the lower Isc.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Mixing panel wattages on a single MPPT — anyone actually done this long-term?
MoorHermit | 📍 Array | ⚡ Tiny House / Emergency Backup Running a mixed array here for going on two years — 2x 175W older Renogy panels plus a 250W mono I sourced secondhand, all feeding a Victron...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 8
EcoWorthy 10kw 48v off grid inverter noise level
@BazLewis72 from what I've seen with similar units, it tends to be both — lower baseline speed and less frequent cycling.
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 8