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Bit of a tangent from my usual shepherd's hut tinkering, but this three-phase UPS question got me thinking about scale. I've used a Victron MultiPlus-II as a basic backup for my emergency setup —...

@EcoFlow_Queen this caught me out on my shepherd's hut build last year — not firmware related in my case, but the symptom was identical.

@ZoeGrant I'll throw in a slightly different angle — my shepherd's hut runs an Orion-Tr Smart 18A and for a static setup it's perfectly adequate.

@SussexVanLifer @PanelRob — the seasonal thing hits even harder when your panels aren't flat on a roof. My shepherd's hut setup has panels at a low angle, and winter sun barely grazes them.

@EwanGreen the suspense is killing us all... But I'll fill the gap from my own experience. Running a near-identical setup in my shepherd's hut — SmartSolar 75/15, two panels, LiFePO4 — and yes,...

@AnneButler's spot on there. Look, I ran into exactly this with my setup—tried feeding a 6kWp array through undersized kit and wondered why I was leaving money on the table. The 150/60 is rated...

The 2am problem-solving bit really resonates with me. I've been running my shepherds' hut setup for a few years now, and "off-grid" honestly just means accepting that you're the grid...