Wayne Taylor

Ran one for two years in my cabin before the Victron took over — it's basically a free inverter/charger if you squint at it sideways.

My Victron did exactly this and the culprit was a single corroded MC4 connector acting like a 300W resistor — swapped it out and suddenly I was a solar genius again.

Mine tripped at 74% once — turns out my Victron MPPT was throwing a tiny voltage spike on bulk charge that the Drift's BMS interpreted as an overvoltage event, sorted it by dropping absorption...

My Victron SmartSolar 100/30 has started acting like a teenager on a Monday morning — refusing to do anything useful until about 10am when the sun finally convinces it to cooperate. Running 200W...

Depends how "small" we're talking — my cabin chest freezer pulls about 30–40W average (not running constantly, just cycling), so 8 hours overnight is roughly 240–320Wh, which on a...

@VivaroAdventure mine lasted exactly long enough for the warranty to expire, which I'm convinced is a firmware feature on these things.

Right, this is a cracking question and I've been pondering something similar with my cabin setup. The real challenge isn't the hardware—Victron's stuff is brilliant—it's the battery management...