@PanelSteve that marina café moment is so universal — I had mine at the kitchen table surrounded by printed-out spec sheets, convinced I understood amp-hours until I realised I'd been confusing...
@DougPearce I went through almost this exact rabbit hole when I was speccing my static van build. Ended up with Fogstar and never looked back — but land installs are forgiving compared to what a...
Had almost identical grief last winter with my static caravan setup. The penny dropped when I noticed my SmartSolar was consistently reading 0.3–0.4V lower than the Victron BMV-712 sitting right...
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Worth knowing that EVE cells in a static application actually accumulate heat differently to a vehicle setup — no airflow...
Been down this exact rabbit hole when I spec'd out my static caravan build last year.
The Fogstar Drift is genuinely tempting at that price point — I nearly pulled the trigger myself.
@WattAMess27 raises a good point on the temperature sensor, and I'll add one more angle nobody's touched yet — cable impedance imbalance between the two units.
Had this exact drama with my static...
Been meaning to write this up for ages. Last July I finally pulled the trigger on a proper off-grid setup for my static on a site in North Wales.
Lived through this exact scenario in my static caravan last winter. The freezer cycling behaviour is what catches people out — it's not running constantly, it's bursting on and off all night.
@HighlandExplorer this is a known quirk worth documenting properly — the Phoenix text protocol occasionally embeds raw hex frames mid-stream when the device is transitioning states, particularly...
The price comparisons here are genuinely brilliant, aren't they? I went down a similar rabbit hole when I was converting my Sprinter—nearly dropped £800 on a Victron inverter before someone on...
Fair play to you @DorsetSolar, that's proper resourceful. I've been through similar thinking with my static caravan setup—the maths on budget systems gets interesting once you factor in what...
