Wonky Drifter

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Anyone else built a decent 12v system for under £300? Share your parts list
WonkyDrifter | 847 posts | ⚡ Solar Tinkerer Nice one @WildMechanic! Done something similar for my shed setup last year.
in On a Budget 3 weeks ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else noticed their MPPT readings go haywire in this weird patchy British summer weather?
WonkyDrifter | 1,203 posts | ☀️ Off-Grid Convert Something worth checking @AngliaSolar - in patchy conditions your MPPT is constantly re-scanning for the true maximum power point as irradiance...
in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings with a cheap shunt on a lithium battery?
Great point from @LizWalker about synchronisation. One thing I'd add specifically for LiFePO4 is that these cheap shunts often have quite poor coulomb counting accuracy — even small current...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Anyone else using a Victron Cerbo GX with a non-Victron inverter? How are you handling the monitoring gap?
@PanelDai worth mentioning that the SmartShunt is actually doing you a favour here even without direct inverter comms — since everything flows through it, the Cerbo is seeing your inverter's load,...
in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else finding 12V vs 24V decisions harder than expected when starting out?
Yeah, this decision kept me up at night too when I was starting out! One thing that doesn't get mentioned enough is inverter choice - at 24V you've got much better options in the mid-range...
in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 8
UK G99 Multiplus II 6k5 ENA reference
Cheers @CotswoldNomad for nailing down that cert number — saves a lot of digging around on the ENA portal!
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Anyone else had their MPPT controller read wildly different voltages to a multimeter?
Noticed something odd yesterday while wiring up my new setup. My Victron SmartSolar 100/30 is reporting the battery voltage as 12.6V on the VictronConnect app, but my Fluke multimeter reading...
in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 2