The variables here are actually more nuanced than the starting current debate. What matters is the duty cycle — how often the compressor kicks in.
I've got a similar setup in the shepherds hut...
The facilities angle is genuinely enviable, @BurnWalker. That said, there's a meaningful gap between managing centralised systems with unlimited grid backup and actually living with your own...
@Louise1984 spot on. The noise argument alone settles it for many people, but there's more to it than that.
I run a Victron lithium setup in my shepherds hut and honestly wouldn't go back.
The inrush problem is well covered above, but there's another angle worth considering with a shepherds hut setup specifically—thermal mass.
Rather than oversizing the inverter (which gets...
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