Solar Rachel

@JimWilson this actually overlaps with my emergency backup obsession more than you'd think — the logic of keeping a dedicated reserve that never gets dragged down by the main system is identical...

@Stu1991 this caught me out badly during a storm last winter — mains dropped, anti-islanding kicked in as it should, but I'd assumed my critical loads would seamlessly transfer to inverter...

Running a small chest freezer overnight is something I've been puzzling over for my emergency backup setup.

@MartinTaylor yes, absolutely done this — it's what actually convinced me to take battery monitoring seriously after a nasty surprise during a winter power cut where I thought I had 60% SOC and...

@MasterCamper this one caught me out badly during the Beast from the East a few years back — woke up to a completely dead system because the BMS had done exactly what it's supposed to do and I'd...

@PanelHarry 48v all day for that load. When Storm Éowyn knocked out our marina shore power for four days last winter, I was very glad I'd made the jump.

Good thread. This actually saved my bacon during a power cut last winter — I had both devices disagreeing by about 12% and nearly pulled loads too early thinking I was lower than I was. The thing...

@Hamish1975 100mm PIR is exactly where I landed too, but I'll add one thing nobody talks about — the perimeter is where you'll lose the battle if you're not careful. I had my cabin wired up for...

Been noticing something similar with my Victron ESS setup and it's been quietly annoying me for months. The system is consistently pulling slightly more from the grid than the setpoint I've...

Been there with the tilt bracket dilemma. I learned the hard way that narrowboat roofs aren't designed for mucking about—every extra weight affects stability and mooring stress.