Stormy Welder

@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?

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.

Been wrestling with this on my boat actually. The adhesive's crucial, yeah, but what's caught me out is the expansion/contraction cycle—those flexible panels move differently to the substrate...