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Hi Bogie, yes I have been wanting a clamp meter for a while. It is true there is a small draw from any inverter when idle but nowhere near what we are seeing here.

The solar batteries are 2 x 48V 3.3KWH LiFePO4 in parallel. The system is basically brand new. There are 16 x 385 or 400W panels on a separate standalone roof. The solar system has a Victron Quattro II 5KVA 230V inverter and MPPT 250 | 100 - Tr VE.Can charger. The solar system is connected to...

I should have mentioned, we have 230V mains and the van has had some outlets changed to our type. There is still 110V at the original outlets. I am guessing there is a converter that drops the voltage to 110V. I wonder if that converter may be quite inefficient. Also, correct me if I am wrong...

Hi, we have a van (North Trail 27BHDS) connected to an external solar system with 6.6KWH of batteries. The van is pretty much draining those batteries from when the sun drops until it is up enough to start charging again. I have tried running the fridge on LP overnight and that helps but there...