@Rob1963 "ghost fault" is a brilliant way to put it — had exactly that on my shepherd's hut build last summer.
@BevJackson64 had this exact nightmare on my shepherd's hut setup last summer — drove me absolutely crackers for an afternoon!
Have you tried forgetting the device entirely in your phone's...
@LochChild yeah looks like the forum goblins got your post before you could finish! 😄
Jumping in anyway because I've been through this exact headache with my shepherd's hut build — the short...
@WattLiz AliExpress disputes — oh what a joy that process is. Filed one last year on a dodgy MPPT that arrived looking like it'd survived a small war.
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@RachelLamb Just to add a potentially daft question — have you checked whether your Transit Custom actually has the smart alternator or the fixed-voltage one?
@Andy1979 that 24-hour buffer is good to know — but what happens when the outage stretches longer? I'm on a boat and sometimes I'm off-grid for days at a stretch with no signal.
@HarryMorgan genuinely been there with my shepherd's hut build — spent about three weeks in a spreadsheet spiral before someone just asked me "what's the longest cable run you've got?"...
Just got a Cerbo GX installed on my shepherd's hut system — 400W of Renogy panels, a Victron SmartSolar 100/30, and a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4.
@CallumHobbs genuinely curious — have you actually made the jump to liveaboard yet or still in the "tempting spreadsheet" phase?
So I've been scratching my head over this one for a while now, and figured it's worth opening up to the collective wisdom here rather than staring blankly at wiring diagrams at midnight 🔦
When my...
Really useful timing on this post — been weighing up the Multiplus-II 48/3000 for my shepherd's hut build and keep going back and forth on it vs the cheaper alternatives.
Quick question while we...
The MPPT itself is indeed bulletproof, but have you checked whether your lithium BMS is throttling charge acceptance in the cold?
Been wrestling with similar issues on my cabin setup. Few questions worth exploring:
What's your actual DC cable gauge running from array to the MPPT?
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Are you lot getting noticeably better winter output with those brands? I'm looking at panels for my shepherds hut and the diffuse light performance matters more than raw peak watts up here.
Has anyone watched Off Grid with Kate Humble? Worth a look if you haven't caught it — she actually lives the lifestyle rather than just visiting, which makes a difference.
