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I recently “finished” the upgrade to my off grid cottage solar system (are we ever really done?). The previous system was 12V with 2 panels (250W? I can’t remember), 4 6V FLA batteries (2S2P) and a small 400W inverter. Most of the larger appliances (stove, water heater, fridge) and some lights...

I'm building a DIY battery and bought an internal resistance tester on Ali Express to validate the resistance values on my cells. Aside from the battery, I'm assembling a bunch of the components for my install ahead of time, since my install location is nearly 2 hours away. While testing...

I've built my own DIY battery pack and it's been functioning beautifully over the past few months. 16 cells generally all within 0.01v. However, the battery is in an off-grid remote location nearly 2 hours away and if something goes wrong I'd like to know ASAP. I do have monitoring with VRM and...

I have recently acquired a small off-grid 3 season cottage/cabin. The cottage has a rudimentary solar set up that was installed by the previous owner that I’m looking to upgrade. The property has a few constraints (lots of trees, no direct south facing mount point) that are making the design of...

I've recently installed Starlink at my off-grid cottage, however the number of trees cause a large number of obstructions for the dish. I've seen some videos on Youtube of people mounting their dishes in trees and I think this is my best option. I've reached out to a local arborist who will take...

While waiting for my custom insulated metal battery box to be built, I decided to build a custom temperature controller. I'm planning on heating an aluminum plate which the cells will sit on. Rather than use heating pads, I bought 5m of 15ohm heating wire on Ali Express for $6 and received it...