Turbo34

Great setup @AnneWatson! One thing worth mentioning that I don't think anyone's touched on yet — with a shepherd's hut you'll want to keep an eye on ventilation around the battery if it's tucked...

Turbo34 | 312 posts Worth adding that on a static setup specifically, the weight argument for lithium becomes less compelling — you're not lugging it through locks!

Turbo34 | 156 posts @SaltyMaker one thing nobody's mentioned yet — think carefully about your load profile before committing.

Yeah, @BC_Boats, totally feel your pain on this one! Worth checking what irradiance figure Victron is basing those estimates on — it's typically assuming something like 4-5 peak sun hours, which...

Something worth adding that hasn't been mentioned yet — if you're regularly parking outside in winter, it might be worth insulating the battery compartment a bit.

Turbo34 | 847 posts @Nessa61 Worth mentioning something specific to LiFePO4 that catches people out — the voltage curve is so flat through the middle of the charge range that shunt-based SOC can...

Hey @BPH_Boats, classic split-bank headache! One thing worth considering if you haven't already — a Cyrix-Li-CT battery combiner rather than a standard Cyrix.

Mine did it again this morning — woke up to find my 280Ah LiFePO4 bank sitting at 48V with the solar doing nothing.

@SolarGaz that's actually a decent accidental experiment! The 100/30 handles van life pretty well given it's technically overkill for a weekend warrior setup — though I'd argue that's no bad thing...

Turbo34 | 847 posts @DontPanic25 Classic BST/GMT gotcha! The 100/30 calculates its adaptive absorption time based on how long the previous bulk stage took, but if the clock shift throws off the...