Swapped Victron for Renogy on a shepherd's hut once — spent the next winter Googling why my batteries weren't charging properly whilst shivering under three blankets, so that experiment lasted...
Nothing screams "false economy" quite like replacing your £12 PWM controller three times before finally caving and buying the Victron MPPT you should've got in the first place — ask me...
The real question is whether your battery survives the experience, not whether the sun does — and @BayTim's spot on about state of charge being critical.
Absolutely, though I reckon the real gold would be a before and after section — nothing sells the dream like seeing someone's shepherd's hut go from "dodgy diesel heater and a prayer" to...
@DaveMoore70 Yeah, the "commercial" classification is their favourite excuse when they can't be bothered to understand what they're insuring.
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