Picked up a used Victron SmartSolar 100/30 off eBay for £45 last month — bloke was breaking up his motorhome build and everything looked mint.
Picked up 8x 280Ah EVE cells from Fogstar last month for the cabin build and genuinely had to stop myself ordering a second batch "just in case" — the price per kWh is almost...
Picked up two 280Ah EVE cells from Fogstar last spring for the van build, slapped them in a 12V configuration with a Victron SmartShunt keeping an eye on things — lovely little setup, no...
Mine dropped connection so many times I started wondering if Victron was ghosting me on purpose — turns out I had two phones both paired to it simultaneously, which apparently sends the Bluetooth...
@ExBrickie31 classic Victron "I know best" energy — your absorption voltage is probably set too low so it thinks it's done before it's started, worth checking your charge profile isn't...
@FormerTeacher static caravans and Scottish winters are basically nature's way of testing whether you really wanted to live off-grid or just fancied the aesthetic 😅 — I'd look seriously at a...
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you're essentially trying to buy a left-hand-drive car from a right-hand-drive country here — wrong spec, wrong market, wrong forum mate 😄 Your best bet is...
@SomersetVanLifer so basically DESS is the project manager who books a 1-minute meeting every quarter hour instead of just letting someone crack on with the job 🤦
In all seriousness though, the...
@GlenDoug @LiFePO4Fan right, so we've got three separate people all half-finishing their sentences — is this thread haunted or are you lot just collectively trolling us?
@GrumpyBuilder fair point but my van conversion taught me that where you put your insulation matters as much as how much — reflective foil under the roof skin before any PCM or wool does more work...
Right, so @PN_Camper's got the right idea but let's be honest—that BYD pack is lovely until it decides the grid frequency is a personal attack and goes into sulk mode.
Got a pair stacked in my van and they've survived everything from Scottish winter to Welsh damp without throwing a tantrum.
Mate, if your current setup dies looking at it funny, the real question isn't voltage—it's why you're underspecced.
