Guides

Plain-English guides to 12V, solar and camping power: working out what you need, wiring it up and sorting it out when it plays up. The trade-offs are left in, including the times a cheaper part or an auto-electrician is the better call.

Guides

A Renogy Core Mini 12V 300Ah lithium battery with its capacity, weight, size and current ratings called out

Renogy Core Mini 300Ah: a lot of battery for th...

Per amp-hour, the Core Mini 300Ah is the cheapest 12V lithium battery we sell, and it's what we run in our own van. Here's what you get, and what to...

Renogy Core Mini 300Ah: a lot of battery for th...

Per amp-hour, the Core Mini 300Ah is the cheapest 12V lithium battery we sell, and it's what we run in our own van. Here's what you get, and what to...

The Exotronic Noosa 50 Plus pre-wired board, with its Orion XS, SmartSolar 100/50, Blue Smart IP22 charger and SmartShunt called out

Exotronic Noosa 50 Plus: a charging board witho...

Three ways to charge a 12V battery and a shunt to keep count, pre-wired on a small board with no inverter. Here's who that suits.

Exotronic Noosa 50 Plus: a charging board witho...

Three ways to charge a 12V battery and a shunt to keep count, pre-wired on a small board with no inverter. Here's who that suits.

An Exotronic pre-wired battery box open, showing the Victron Orion XS, SmartSolar 75/15 and SmartShunt wired inside

Exotronic pre-wired battery boxes: Victron char...

An Orion XS DC-DC, a SmartSolar 75/15 and a SmartShunt, wired into a battery box with Anderson, 12V and USB outlets. With your own battery, or with a 100Ah or...

Exotronic pre-wired battery boxes: Victron char...

An Orion XS DC-DC, a SmartSolar 75/15 and a SmartShunt, wired into a battery box with Anderson, 12V and USB outlets. With your own battery, or with a 100Ah or...

The Exotronic Yulara pre-wired board, with its MultiPlus-II 5000, two SmartSolar controllers, two Orion XS chargers and Cerbo GX called out

Exotronic Yulara: the big one, with a 5000 VA i...

A 5000 VA inverter/charger, two solar controllers, two DC-DC chargers and a Cerbo GX on one board. Here's who actually needs that much, and who doesn't.

Exotronic Yulara: the big one, with a 5000 VA i...

A 5000 VA inverter/charger, two solar controllers, two DC-DC chargers and a Cerbo GX on one board. Here's who actually needs that much, and who doesn't.

The Exotronic Karijini pre-wired Victron board, with its MultiPlus-II 3000, SmartSolar, Orion XS, SmartShunt and Cerbo GX called out

Exotronic Karijini pre-wired boards: the Cooron...

The Karijini takes the Coorong's 3000 VA inverter/charger and adds a 50 A Orion XS, a SmartShunt and a Cerbo GX for remote monitoring. Here's what that buys you.

Exotronic Karijini pre-wired boards: the Cooron...

The Karijini takes the Coorong's 3000 VA inverter/charger and adds a 50 A Orion XS, a SmartShunt and a Cerbo GX for remote monitoring. Here's what that buys you.

The Exotronic Coorong pre-wired Victron board, with its MultiPlus-II 3000, SmartSolar, Orion-Tr and BMV-712 called out

Exotronic Coorong pre-wired boards: what's on t...

A 3000 VA Victron inverter/charger, solar, DC-DC and a battery monitor, built and tested on one board. Here's what you get, what you still connect, and what it costs against...

Exotronic Coorong pre-wired boards: what's on t...

A 3000 VA Victron inverter/charger, solar, DC-DC and a battery monitor, built and tested on one board. Here's what you get, what you still connect, and what it costs against...