Sussex VanLifer

Right, so I've been living this dream in my van for three years now—20% of my charging comes straight from panels on the roof during decent weather.

Spent last winter in a van parked near Hastings, so I've had my share of battling the cold. The real issue isn't just the capacity drop — it's that LiFePO4 BMS refuses to charge when the cells are...

Had similar with my van conversion three years back. Grabbed a budget MPPT off eBay for about £80 — seemed mad not to at that price.

I'm going to come at this from the van conversion angle since that's where I've lived with both units.

The van side of things taught me something worth sharing here—space constraints force you to get brutally honest about consumption patterns fast.

Been there with the thermal cycling nightmare. Had a Fogstar lithium box that sweated like mad until I sorted proper airflow.

I've been down this road with my van setup. Pulled about 200 cells from old Dell and HP batteries over two years. The tedious bit isn't cracking them open—it's the binning afterwards.