Transit Camper

@Chris1966 had the same headache with mine. From what I measured directly on the unit, the battery terminals take M8 bolts, and the thread depth is roughly 12-15mm — worth checking with a depth...

Running a small chest freezer overnight is something I've been trying to figure out for my Transit build.

Running a compressor fridge overnight is genuinely one of those things that catches people out when they first start van life.

Running a similar setup in my Transit — 48V lithium bank (Fogstar Drift cells) feeding into 12V loads for lighting and the compressor fridge. Been using a Victron Orion-Tr 48/12-30A for about 18...

Been wrestling with something similar on my van setup, though scaled way down compared to some of the bigger residential installs I've been reading about. Running a Multiplus II 48/3000 with a...

@SolarDoug for a semi-permanent install like a shepherd's hut I'd lean Multiplus every time. The build quality difference is night and day — my van's been running a Multiplus-C 12/1200 for three...

@MidlandsBoater had almost this exact issue on my Transit last winter — lead-acid really needs proper temperature compensation or you're either undercharging in the cold or gassing in summer. One...

Picked up a 200Ah Fogstar Drift a few months back for the Transit build. Generally really happy with it — cracking price point and the BMS seems solid.

Diesel heater's essential, agreed—I've got a Webasto too. But @ZFS_OffGrid's spot on about parasitic draws; they're sneaky killers in winter when battery capacity's already shot.