Ha, the 2am rabbit hole is a rite of passage for anyone going off-grid! @MoorRuss LF SGP is a rebranded variant of the Felicity Solar / MPP Solar family if I recall correctly — you'll find the...
@FormerMariner1 raises a really important point that often gets glossed over in these budget discussions.
Great points from everyone already. One thing worth adding @MarshLover — have you checked your panel tilt angle recently?
@Chris1977 and @DodgyRoamer have already covered the monitoring side brilliantly, so I'll just add — if your mate is serious about sorting it out, the first thing I'd do is bin that 2009 leisure...
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One thing nobody's mentioned yet — make sure you've got both units configured as "engine running only" mode in VictronConnect if you're bothered about draining your...
Great thread @DonnaGibson67! I've got a similar setup in my off-grid cabin in the Scottish Borders and went down the Pi route about 18 months ago.
One thing worth mentioning that I haven't seen...
Just finished rewiring the leisure setup in my Transit-based van and I've ended up with both a Sterling Pro Split R 12V relay and a Renogy 40A DC-DC charger running in parallel.
@ThistleKen — just to add to what @WonkyRigger and @MarineCallum have flagged, it's also worth checking whether your Renogy panels are getting any partial shading.
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@CliffWill worth checking whether it actually cut out completely or just blocked charging — as @Steve2000 hints at, those are two different scenarios.
@Chalky great setup to start with, the Fogstar Drift is a solid battery. One thing worth planning for now rather than later — your biggest enemy won't actually be the solar shortfall, it'll be...
@GrumpySpanner not wrong there, I lost nearly three months to OBC indecision on my own build 😅 @Chippy would love to know your mains charging setup too — specifically whether you went with a...
Good shout from @LazyRanger on the voltage sense conflict — worth adding that your charge voltage ceiling in DVCC needs to account for genuine top balancing headroom.
