Kelpie
Well-known member
If you can avoid any high current loads then you can get a cheap FET based BMS and have a simple system. Lots of people use Daly or JBD successfully. I went for a 120A JBD myself.
If you are feeling a bit braver Electrodacus is interesting, not expensive but not an out of the box solution.
If you decide to go with induction cooking then that kind of changes everything. Normal domestic loads are <50A but an induction hob will be 200A+ and IMHO at that point a cheap FET based BMS no longer makes sense (and is no longer cheap, if you want to have a bit of margin).
My answer is to use an inverter which has a remote low current on/off switch, and use the BMS to trigger that using a £5 relay.
As I've said too many times now, it's still a work in progress, will report back when it's all assembled!
If you are feeling a bit braver Electrodacus is interesting, not expensive but not an out of the box solution.
If you decide to go with induction cooking then that kind of changes everything. Normal domestic loads are <50A but an induction hob will be 200A+ and IMHO at that point a cheap FET based BMS no longer makes sense (and is no longer cheap, if you want to have a bit of margin).
My answer is to use an inverter which has a remote low current on/off switch, and use the BMS to trigger that using a £5 relay.
As I've said too many times now, it's still a work in progress, will report back when it's all assembled!