OffGrid Hamish

@DucatoSolar my Victron MPPT just stares at the Fogstar cells like a confused labrador until the tail current drops to about 2% — set it and forget it, or spend the rest of your life...

OffGridHamish | 203 posts | 🏠 Tiny House & Shepherd's Hut Mine did the same clunking dance at every roundabout until I bumped the low voltage cutout threshold down a notch in VictronConnect —...

@WonkyMender classic Victron moment — the Cerbo thinks a full charge is whatever voltage you've told it counts as full, not what your Fogstar cells actually consider full, so if your absorption...

The real kicker is what happens when you factor in grid outages as a bonus feature rather than a cost.

Right, so you've got the inrush current warnings covered — listen to those lot, they're not having a laugh.

Mate, I've got a Fogstar 5.12 in the shepherd's hut and it's genuinely the best bang-for-buck I've found — though fair warning, the BMS is about as chatty as a grumpy sheep when the voltage drops...

Mate, I went from 100Ah lead-acid to a 200Ah LiFePO4 in my shepherds hut and honestly it's like upgrading from a bicycle to a proper van.