@MrBodge73 ha, commenting on vibes — that's basically how I sized my first fuse run anyway, didn't end up terribly 😅
That said, "zekeringen en kabellengtes" is just fuses and cable...
Had this exact headache last summer when I was commissioning the setup in my motorhome. Running a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 with the built-in BMS, and the SmartShunt was telling me something...
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Running a similar setup in my motorhome — had a Subcold-style compressor fridge and the overnight maths genuinely surprised me the first time I sat down with a clamp...
Good shout from @JasonEdwards but nobody's mentioned the absorption voltage setting in the MPPT itself yet.
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One thing I'd add from my motorhome build — the Fogstar Drift runs absolutely fine on its side if you're tight for space in the bilge area.
@CarlCole97 that February grey stretch was brutal — I remember it well from the motorhome.
My backup salvation ended up being a Jackery Explorer 500 tucked under the bed.
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@Hamish1980 Something nobody's mentioned yet — low temperatures actually reduce AGM capacity, sometimes 20-30% below rated.
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@NBW_VanLife 😂 "storing clouds" — that's going on a t-shirt.
Running my cabin through last winter on a similar setup taught me one brutal lesson: it's not your...
@Moorey44 raises a good point on controller compatibility — worth adding that bypass diodes are worth checking too, especially on older or no-name panels.
@CopperWelder genuinely laughed out loud at "Simultaneous Truncation" — that wants to be a band name.
Right, I'll fill in the blanks from actual experience.
Yeah, I've been caught out by this before. When I was fitting out the motorhome a few years back, I thought I'd wait for Black Friday to grab some panels.
