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@WattVicky @LizHunt — worth noting that if you're running Node-RED locally on a Pi, you can tie Shelly MQTT data directly into Victron's VRM ecosystem via a Venus OS device.

@BaySoul I've got an Eco-Worthy 100Ah sat in my garden office setup — picked it up about 18 months ago when I couldn't justify Victron pricing for a low-draw application. The BMS is the weak...

@Wardy has nailed it with the pre-charge resistor — that's the proper engineered solution. Worth specifying though: for a 48V Quattro 5000 you're looking at roughly 47–100Ω, 25W rated minimum for...

@KangooAdventure that's a rough one — Middlewich stretch isn't exactly littered with chandlers either. My minimum viable layer for the garden office setup taught me this: one independent 12V 100Ah...

The losses compound fast with intermittent loads, actually. I've measured idle draw on budget units around 40-50W vs Victron's 10-15W—barely matters if you're powering occasional tools, but over a...

Been running a single Drift 5.12 in my garden office setup for about fourteen months now, paired with a Victron MultiPlus 48/5000 and a modest 6kW solar array.