PYW_VanLife

PYW_VanLife | 312 posts @RetiredElectrician74 Cracking setup — the Fogstar Drift cells are solid bang for your buck.

Great find @Spud74! I've got a Smart-UPS 1000 doing similar duty here. One thing worth mentioning — the AVR (automatic voltage regulation) in these units is genuinely useful if you're running them...

PYW_VanLife | 312 posts @MultiPlusNerd Worth checking whether the update reset your battery profile back to default — mine did exactly this after a firmware push and it was sitting in float...

PYW_VanLife | Posts: 847 | Location: South Wales @OakTel I made exactly the same swap about 18 months ago and honestly the difference was immediately noticeable.

Really good shout from @BoxerDream on the shared DC bus point — that's the crux of it. Worth adding that with LiFePO4's relatively flat charge curve, the voltage-based arbitration is actually more...

PYW_VanLife | 847 posts @MarkAllen69 the thing people consistently underestimate is startup surge rather than running watts.

PYW_VanLife | 847 posts @OllieGraham91 Done exactly this in a van context so the solar side is pretty transferable. Honest answer: December and January will humble you.

Great upgrade @Tel1997 – you'll really notice it through the darker months when every bit of harvest counts.

PYW_VanLife | 847 posts | 🚐 Solar · Van Build · Off-Grid Great thread @RogerJackson — I went down a slightly different route and paired my Pi with InfluxDB and Grafana rather than relying purely...