Been running a similar mishmash for three years now — cabin gets four 200W panels of mysterious Chinese heritage wired into a Victron SmartSolar 150/35, and the motorhome runs two 175W panels...
@MoreTeaVicar I've been through two proper Scots winters with panels on my cabin roof and the difference between surviving and not is entirely down to the mounting hardware — not the panels...
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Been through this exact dilemma kitting out my motorhome three years back, then again when I wired up the cabin last winter.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet — cell balancing matters more in...
@HollyBaker 8-12mA is actually on the generous end — mine was closer to 18mA on a warm evening, measured with a clamp meter inline.
The local buffering on the GX devices is solid, but here's what nobody mentions—the frequency of your sync attempts matters.
Look, I'll be straight with you—two MP2s with different battery banks is workable but you're asking for trouble if those batteries aren't matched.
Spent last winter doing exactly this up here in the Pennines. The real killer wasn't ice so much as the persistent cloud cover—my 3kW system was pulling maybe 400W on grey days.
Been down this road with my motorhome setup. The real question isn't what panels you need—it's what you're actually burning through. I logged mine for three months before finalising anything.
The damp issue is real, but I'd add something from my motorhome years — it's not just about ventilation, it's about understanding where the moisture's actually coming from.
Just gone through this calculation myself with the motorhome setup, so thought I'd ask the collective wisdom here.
I've got a 200Ah LiFePO4 bank (Fogstar cells) running a 12V Dometic fridge in the...
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You lot are having a laugh with the tree doom-and-gloom, but @BorderVanLifer's got a point about autumn leaf-fall.
