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- Color Control DX showing charging with draw exceeding charge right now
- Color Control DX showing charging with charge power exceeding draw power
- Victron Solar Charge Controller MPPT 75/50 - MPPT Charge State Graph
- Victron Solar Charge Controller MTTP 75/50 - Solar PV Yield
- Victron Solar Charge Controller MTTP 75/50 - Solar Charger Voltage and Current Graph
- Victron Solar Charge Controller MTTP 75/50 - Solar Yield Graph
- Victron Solar Charge Controller MTTP 75/50 - Consumption Graph
- Victron Blue Solar Charge Controller MPPT 75/50
- Victron Color Control GX (video)
- The Victron VRM app
- Mobile phone view of the Victron CCGX monitor over the LAN
- Batteries
- Sub-DB for feeding power circuits
- Victron BMV-700 Battery Monitor
- Victron BMV-700 Battery Monitor
- Victron VRM Portal - Showing Alarms Set
- Victron Color Control GX (CCGX)
- Battery Summary Screen
- Acurite Weather Station data use 24 hours
- Acurite 5-in-1 Professional Weather Center box
- Acurite 5-in-1 Professional Weather Center box
- Acurite 5-in-1 Professional Weather Center box
- Acurite Monitor
- My Acurite 5-in-1 Professional Weather Center all mounted and operating
- Wind Vane
- Wind Vane Modication
- Acurite Smarthub
- Power supply for Acurite Smarthub
- my Acurite's own dashboard showing live weather
- My weather station on Weather Underground
- Weather Underground history page with summary
- my Acurite smarthub mobile app for monitoring weather data remotely
- Weather Underground Live Flash View
- Busy raining outside
- Total solar power yielded from my panels on 1 Oct 2016 was 2.54 kWh
- Crown King Victorian Style Shaving Scuttle
- Video of inverter powerring from batteries and solar PV while grid power is off
- New Victron MultiPlus 12/1200 inverter on top left
- Victron MultiPlus Inverter powering from battery and solar
- Kardoesie on Piekenierskloof Pass
- Chantel looking happy about the food... you can see the view in the background
- Chicken Tramezzini at Kardoesie
- Panorama view of the pass at Kardoesie_180
- Gravel pass that descends to Kromrivier in the Cederberg... only room for one car
- Kromrivier below
- The new reception building at Kromrivier
- We stayed in Apollo at Kromrivier
- Apollo's family room area
- View of the two bedrooms
- Apollo's kitchen with mini-oven, microwave and fridge
- Apollo's bathroom
- Family room with the fireplace
- My car's first gravel roads... looking dusty now
- Small koppie (hill) behind the house
- View from the koppie over the house we stayed in
- View of Kromrivier farm from the koppie
- New house being built for December holidays use onwards
- Freshly baked farm bread at Kromrivier
- View from Apollo at Kromrivier
- The Willows at Kromrivier.... A Classic first house built decades ago with no bathroom
- New pedestrian bridge at Kromrivier with reception building in background
- Conservation sign at Kromrivier
- River downstream view from the pedestrian bridge
- Upstream view from pedestrian bridge
- Kromrivier from above the pedestrian bridge
- Kromrivier reception building with stream flowing right through it
- Typical Collie sheepdog found on many farms
- Braai is going!
- Locally brewed CederBrew craft beer
- Chantel about to enjoy a 12 year old Chivas Regal whiskey
- Chicken on the braai
- Chantel in the kitchen while I'm braaing the meat outside
- Moon is out
- Chantel looking at something
- Chicken ready to eat
- No compromise on good coffee.... the AeroPress and French Roast beans travelled with and a grinder to ensure maximum freshness and flavour
- AeroPress brewing the coffee with fresh farm milk from Kromrivier
- Found some toads on our evening walk
- Small scorpion
- A LCHF breakfast on farm bread before we set out on our hike to Disa Pool