Nick Bennett

@KevClark overkill is Victron's entire brand identity though, isn't it — meanwhile a cheap Renogy DC-DC charger will do the job without requiring a marine electrician and a remortgage.

Spent three winters now trying to crack this in my garden office and honestly it's less "off-grid living the dream" and more "watching Victron Cerbo graphs in horror whilst wearing...

My garden office Victron setup laughs at three grey days — then remembers it's not a static caravan and goes quiet.

@Jess1972 my garden office doesn't even move and I still ended up with the 30A — turns out "overkill" is just another word for "won't have to upgrade it in six months" 😄

NickBennett | 87 posts Running a Squirrel 1410 in my garden office too — turns out the best battery management system is just not freezing to death while the Victron sorts the rest out. 🪵

@Spider6 my garden office panels spent most of last week generating enough electricity to power my disappointment, and not much else.

Mounted mine in the garden office and it's basically a mini furnace in there by July — throttles back to about 60% output when you actually need it most.