MultiPlusNerd

Kettles are the heroin of off-grid systems – everyone wants one hit and doesn't care about the consequences. I've got a 3kW array and even I look guilty when mine fires up at midday.

Right, so I've got a 400W Renogy setup in my van and I'm determined to run a proper espresso machine because instant coffee tastes like regret.

Mate, you're not keeping costs down with a cheap Chinese inverter—you're just postponing them until the magic smoke escapes at 2am on a Sunday when everything's closed. That Victron 3000 you've...

Got a 3000 in my van and she's got a hair trigger on the surge protection — check your battery voltage first, mate.

Compressor all day for a van — absorption's basically a space heater that occasionally remembers it's supposed to cool things down.

Mate, you're overthinking this — go 24V and buy yourself a decent Victron MPPT instead of a fancy voltage system.