Taasz/Woof

Yeah that one is interesting, but has the downside of taking you off the larger mesh if you use it. I think it would be nice to have a setup where a groups nodes can operate in their own mesh with each one being a repeater, while simultaneously being part of the larger mesh with whatever nodes are in range of it acting as ‘connecting’ nodes between the 2.

Agreed, I wish meshcore would add features for better remote operation, right now it’s not as useful away from an established repeater network.

Lead acid batteries don’t only take trickle charge. But lifepo4 is better these days anyways.

This is what inverters with built in charger and transfer switch are for, when the generator is running they bypass the loads and charge the batteries, then when the generator stops they run the loads off battery. They also often have gen contacts for auto start/stop.