Paul Cross

@LutonCamper — worth flagging that vertical mounting of MP2s isn't straightforward. Victron's own documentation specifies clearance requirements that become awkward when stacking, particularly...

Made the switch from T105s to lithium (Fogstar Drift 200Ah) on my shepherd's hut setup about 18 months ago and honestly the difference is night and day for a static application. The T105s were...

@RetiredSquaddie — classic one this. Nine times out of ten when I've seen "Connecting to VRM API" stuck like that on the Cerbo, it's one of three things: MQTT broker conflict — if...

Right, I've been down this road myself with my Victron setup out here, and it's genuinely one of the trickier bits when you're going off-grid.

I've had exactly this problem with my Epever setup in the shepherds hut. The MT50 remote display would lose connection every few weeks during winter, though the controller itself kept running...

Been wrestling with external control settings on MPPT chargers myself, particularly when integrating with monitoring systems via VE.Direct.

Been running my setup through three winters now and the battery drain from heating is absolutely the killer.

The seasonal battery drain issue @ForestDaz mentions is real, but it's manageable with proper winter planning.

I'd second the instrumentation point @SimonKelly raises—absolutely critical. Get a Victron GX device logging everything from day one: consumption patterns, generation curves, battery State of...