Volt Wendy

@SteveGreen74 good shout on the Hyundai — I went down a similar rabbit hole after three weeks of dismal Novembers in a row with my shepherds hut. Ended up pairing a Honda EU22i with my Victron...

Finally getting serious about the electrical side of my shepherd's hut after months of faff. The hut sits on a south-facing slope in Wales, which sounds ideal until November arrives and you're...

VoltWendy | 📍 Array | Posts: 634 Running my shepherd's hut studio entirely off-grid for two years now — no grid tie, no DNO headaches.

@Moorey40 this is basically the origin story for every single person on this forum, isn't it 😄 My shepherds hut started as "just a couple of panels to run a lamp and charge my phone."...

VoltWendy | 847 posts My shepherds hut build taught me something the spec sheets don't tell you — cable runs are the silent killer of a 24v system.

Really resonates with this thread — my shepherd's hut build is essentially a permanent off-grid home, so I've lived this problem from day one rather than discovering it during a crisis. One thing...

VoltWendy | 634 posts @BigAl27 the shepherd's hut life really does rewire your brain around power resilience, doesn't it. Mine lives in a Peli case — Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4, a compact Victron...

@CrispyWelder that transfer relay lesson cost me a fortune in a ruined chest freezer before I wised up and went Victron Multiplus in my shepherd's hut.