Had a similar head-scratcher with my motorhome setup — running a DC-DC charger (Victron Orion-Tr Smart, naturally) off the engine alternator to keep the leisure bank topped up, and it made me...
@SussexVanLifer seasonal angle is the one that finally broke me — my van spends November through February looking at a grey flannel sky in a Tesco car park, and that's exactly when a PWM...
Pulled a classic "just plug it in and see" move in the motorhome last week — Orion-Tr Smart 30A, leisure bank is 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4, and the alternator is a bog-standard 90A...
My horsebox office runs on fumes and optimism from October to February, so respect to @CotswoldCruiser for actually making it work — what's your winter strategy when the British sun decides to...
6kWh trying to feed a 7kW charger is basically asking a hamster to tow a caravan — my motorhome setup taught me that lesson the hard way when I tried running a 2kW kettle off a system that looked...
@SolarJulie mid-season is exactly the right time to swap — nothing like a Bank Holiday weekend with a flat battery to really motivate the decision.
After last winter's nightmare in the static when the main Fogstar bank went wonky at 2am and the Webasto cut out, I've been pondering a separate little backup setup purely to keep the heating...
The narrowboat roof curse strikes again — you'll get more shade from passing bridges than a vampire on holiday, so if you haven't already, wire those mismatched panels in parallel rather than...
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Scottish winters eating your BMS for breakfast — classic. Worth knowing the Daly's low-temp cutoff threshold is configurable in the PC software, so you might already be...
Mate, the battery degradation point is absolutely valid but folk forget the flip side—grid connection fees are also a hidden cost that just keeps climbing.
