Vivaro Solar

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Powering my 6x4m garden office - is 400W of solar overkill or just right?
Finally getting round to properly sorting the electrics in my garden office and trying to nail down the right size system before I spend any money.
in Garden Offices 1 week ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else using a Raspberry Pi to monitor their off-grid system? Sharing my setup
Great timing on this thread! I've had a Pi 4 doing similar duty on my system for about eight months now.
in Monitoring & System Design 2 weeks ago thumb_up 2
Anyone else had issues with JK BMS dropping cells during cold nights?
VivaroSolar | 312 posts @NeilSmith worth also checking your cell internal resistance readings in the JK app — cold temps cause IR to spike noticeably in LiFePO4, and if one cell is already...
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Does anyone know if a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 can handle two separate battery banks without a combiner?
Reply by VivaroSolar: @WildMechanic the short answer is no — the 100/30 only has a single battery output, so it can't independently manage two separate banks.
in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else had their Fogstar Drift cells sag badly under load in cold weather?
@QuietHiker that voltage drop isn't surprising unfortunately — LiFePO4 internal resistance can roughly double below 5°C, so you'll see noticeably more sag under heavy loads.
in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 4