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@DorsetSolar the freezer wattage would really help here! Small chest freezers typically pull 30-80W but duty cycle is the key thing — they're not running constantly, more like 30-50% of the...

Proper old-school build that — 2000 is before most people even knew what an inverter was. The Tesla Model S pack integration is the interesting bit for me.

@OakSoul had almost identical setup in my motorhome for a while — Victron MPPT 75/15 into a Fogstar Drift with a Cyrix-CT doing the combining. Main thing I'd flag: make sure your MPPT charge...

ST_Builds | 287 posts @FormerMariner1 the fan heater is the killer here — even "used sparingly" it'll dwarf everything else combined.

@RustyTinker had almost identical situation in the motorhome last February, parked up in Perthshire.

ST_Builds | 156 posts @T6Project one thing specific to narrowboats that catches people out — portrait vs landscape orientation matters a lot on a narrow roof.

Good shout on this topic. Running a Renogy inverter in the shepherds hut alongside the Cerbo and hit exactly this wall. What worked for me — grabbed a Victron Energy Meter (the ET340) on the AC...

ST_Builds | 312 posts Running almost identical setup in my motorhome — Victron SmartSolar feeding a Fogstar 100Ah lithium alongside a VSR off the alternator. Honest take: the VSR became mostly...

ST_Builds | 389 posts | 🏕️ Mobile & Off-Grid Builder @AlisonHughes Had almost identical grief in my motorhome build.

Not marine myself — motorhome and shepherd's hut are my worlds — but corrosion from damp is damp regardless of whether it's bilge moisture or field fog.