Salty Maker

SaltyMaker | 612 posts | Array Running almost the same combo at my static but with a 60A DC-DC instead — honestly the 40A is fine for a single 200Ah, no need to upsize unless you're adding more...

@SolarGaz ha, classic bag mix-up 😄 Running Victron across multiple setups here — cabin, static van, even dabbling with EV charging.

@Compo and @Spider12 make fair points on the chemistry side, but my real-world gripe with cheap PWM units is the temperature compensation — or lack of it.

@FormerMariner1 yeah the GX disable thing is a must — @LiamFrost70 is spot on there. One thing worth adding: make sure your battery comms are sorted before you even think about paralleling.

The Cerbo's definitely the right choice for this — you're not overdoing it. VE.can gets properly busy once you start stacking devices, so that extra processing headroom pays for itself. Worth...

Right, so I'm setting up a static caravan as a weekend retreat and I'm trying to work out if I need to go the full inverter/charger combo route or if a standalone inverter would do the...

Yeah, @RustyTinker's hit the nail on it there. Beautiful to look at but absolutely brutal for output.

Got both on my static caravan setup, so fair bit of real-world experience here. The degradation thing @SunnyFisher mentions is legit — my Renogy flexibles have definitely lost a few percentage...

Battery sizing's the key bit really. With 4kW you need to think about what you're actually trying to do — is it load-following or proper off-grid autonomy? We went 10kWh usable on our setup...