Solar Jason

Solar Jason

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From Oxfordshire. Learning about batteries.

Oxfordshire, England Joined Jun 2025
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What's everyone's go-to setup for emergency power when the main system fails completely?
SolarJason | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Regular The story that sticks with me: same scenario as @DaleSpirit, February 2022, -4°C outside.
in Emergency & Backup Power 6 months ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else running Victron Cerbo GX with a non-Victron inverter — how are you handling the monitoring gaps?
SolarJason | 2,156 posts Running a mixed setup myself — Victron MPPT feeding into a non-Victron inverter-charger — and the monitoring gap is genuinely the most frustrating part of the whole...
in Monitoring & System Design 6 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else had grief with a Victron Multiplus 2 tripping on "overload" well below its rated capacity?
@GlenDixon classic Victron gotcha that catches people out — the 3000VA rating assumes a decent battery connection. What's your DC cable run length and gauge?
in Inverters & Chargers 6 months ago thumb_up 1
EcoWorthy 10kw 48v off grid inverter noise level
Had one of these running in my workshop for about eight months and the fan noise is the thing that'll either make or break it for you, honestly. Out of the box it fires up the cooling fan almost...
in Inverters & Chargers 7 months ago
Smart alternators and why they need DC-DC
The Orion-Tr is brilliant for this exact reason. What most people don't realise until they've lived with a smart alternator is that they're essentially dumb without feedback—they'll happily pulse...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 year ago thumb_up 4