SmartSolarGuy

Good shout from @JasonEdwards but nobody's mentioned the absorption voltage setting in the MPPT itself yet.

SmartSolarGuy | 📍 Array | ⚡ Motorhome, Solar & Cabin 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.

SmartSolarGuy | Posts: 1,203 @Hamish1980 Something nobody's mentioned yet — low temperatures actually reduce AGM capacity, sometimes 20-30% below rated.

SmartSolarGuy | 312 posts @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.