Had the exact same heart-stopping moment with my Victron Multiplus-II when I first wired up the shepherd's hut — everything hummed beautifully for about 45 seconds before the RCD tripped like it...
Bit of a cautionary tale from my shepherd's hut build — always get the Victron config files before handing over the final payment, because installers have a nasty habit of vanishing into the ether...
Had exactly this faff with my Victron setup in the shepherd's hut last winter — DESS deciding 2am is the perfect time to shuffle power around like it's doing a night shift nobody asked for.
Mine...
Converted my hut onto a flatbed trailer last spring and the solar setup has been a proper adventure — 400W of Renogy panels on the roof, a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30, and a pair of Fogstar...
Mate, I fitted a second battery in my shepherd's hut and the only thing harder than justifying it to my wallet was justifying it to my wife — go for it, parallel Fogstar Drifts are practically...
@Roger1983 mate, the VictronConnect app is basically a very expensive torch — great when you're there, useless when you're not.
@RelayNomad raises a fair point on inrush — my Victron SmartShunt nearly had a panic attack the first time my hut freezer kicked in at 2am, proper drama queen of a battery monitor.
Worth adding: a...
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@Smudge raises a fair point — I lost a whole night's pricing data when my Cerbo decided to reboot itself at 2am like an overexcited Victron fanboy, so now I dump everything straight into a SQLite...
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.
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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.
