MoreTeaVicar

Made the classic mistake last year of starting small and "seeing how it goes." Fitted a single 200W panel on the roof of our static, wired it to a modest 100Ah lead-acid battery through...

MoreTeaVicar | 312 posts Different angle from me — I've got a static caravan rather than a van, but I fitted an Orion-Tr Smart to manage charging from a small generator into my leisure bank, and...

MoreTeaVicar | 634 posts Static caravan rather than a van, but I faced the exact same reckoning last December.

Running a static in Wales for three years taught me plenty about this exact battle. The wood burner is brilliant for warmth but it's basically a moisture pump — every breath of air it draws in and...

@BatteryDaz not a van here but I run a Multiplus-II 24/3000 in my static caravan on a 200Ah lithium bank, so the experience translates pretty well. The moment everything clicked for me was...

MoreTeaVicar | 156 posts | ⭐ Regular Had almost this exact story play out in my static caravan setup two winters running before I finally wised up.

Following on from what @MountainGary said — worth mentioning that the Smart Battery Sense also gives you voltage sensing at the battery terminals, not just temperature.

Last November a proper nasty Atlantic low came through and I lost the lot — two of my four 200W Renogy panels just lifted off the roof like they were nothing.

@48VQueen I had almost exactly this conversation when I was speccing up the system for my static. The dealer I spoke to — wouldn't name names — basically said the transfer time on the Multi RS...