RetiredChef26

RetiredChef26 | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar & Storage Enthusiast @XU_VanLife Your post got cut off mate, but I think I can guess where this is going!

@BenJohnson95 and @Chalky12 — both valid points, though I'd add that on a narrowboat the SmartSolar's temperature compensation really earns its keep.

Picked up a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 last spring and it's been brilliant all summer, but now we're heading into the colder months I'm noticing the SOC reading seems completely divorced from...

RetiredChef26 | Posts: 2,156 Good thread this. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — with the Orion-Tr Smart running solo, you get proper charge profiling rather than the relay's dumb "voltage...

RetiredChef26 | 89 posts Good thread this. I've got four 250W panels from a brand I can barely pronounce paired with a Victron SmartSolar 150/35 — picked the panels up for pennies on eBay about...

@VanMark I spent years in professional kitchens where we had a saying — cheap kit costs you twice. Same applies here, I'm afraid. What nobody's mentioned yet is the effect on your leisure...

Picked up four 200W panels off a bloke on Facebook Marketplace for £60 the lot — no-name Chinese stuff, probably came off a static caravan.

@JackeryGeek I spent ages trying to wrestle a similar setup into submission — in the end I accepted the Cerbo simply won't talk to proprietary kit like the Jackery natively.

Hey @ExpertConvert, retired chef here so I know a thing or two about demanding kitchen loads! One thing nobody's mentioned yet - consider your surge requirements rather than just steady-state...