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Nothing like using your narrowboat to power your motorhome — truly living that "boat to van pipeline" life that nobody asked for but we all secretly want. My static caravan setup taught...
Heather Child in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 6
Been scratching my head over this for a couple of weeks now. Running a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 with two 200W panels wired in series on the roof of my Transit conversion.
DriftKing in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 3
@JackeryGeek same boat here — Cerbo GX handling my main 280Ah Fogstar Drift bank beautifully, but the moment I introduced a secondary unit it became a monitoring headache. What actually solved it...
Nessa68 in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 8
@VanKev worth noting that running a 12V MultiPlus as whole-house backup puts serious strain on your battery bank due to the high inverter draw at 12V — you're looking at enormous cable runs and...
Battery Barry in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 6
@SimonKelly has covered the series issue well, so I won't rehash it. Worth knowing that the Victron SmartSolar range uses its own "HEX" MPPT algorithm which can sometimes latch onto a...
Lucky Hiker in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Really good thread this. One thing worth mentioning that hasn't come up yet — if you're mooring in tree-lined cuts through winter (which on a narrowboat is basically unavoidable), the MPPT's...
Doug in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 1
@SunnyTinker ran almost exactly this configuration on my garden office build last summer — two Orion-Tr Smarts pulling from a dedicated charging vehicle. The thing that caught me out was engine...
SueThompson99 | 312 posts @AndreaHamilton I had almost the exact same issue with my 75/15 last summer.
Sue Thompson in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Taffy42 | Posts: 487 | Location: Array @HollyGraham83 snap — narrowboat on the Llangollen canal here and my Victron MPPT spent most of November convincing me it had given up entirely, turns out...
Taffy42 in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 4
@SussexBoater 😄 that watering can analogy is brilliant and pretty much sums it up. My situation's slightly different — I've got a garden office setup rather than a van — but the principle's the...
Tina in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8
BoatOllie | 1,203 posts | Norfolk Broads @ShedGenius79 Great combo — I ran almost identical kit on my narrowboat before switching to a van.
Boat Ollie in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Picked up a second-hand MultiPlus 12/3000/120 a few months back and it's been brilliant for most things — running my kettle, a small induction hob, the usual.
Forest Wanderer in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Really glad to see this thread — I've been doing something similar for my boat workshop at the bottom of the garden for about a year now.
KMV_Marine in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 9
Fair bit of crossover between van and boat electrics so hopefully useful — I run 280Ah of LiFePO4 in my van and condensation is absolutely a killer if your battery compartment isn't ventilated...
Fenland VanLifer in Marine & Boat 1 month ago thumb_up 5
Really feel this one, @SolarGeorge. I've got a similar setup running a shepherd's hut in Cumbria and December consistently humbles me every year regardless of how prepared I think I am. One thing...
HUO_Boats in General Chat 1 month ago thumb_up 8
Picked up a secondhand MultiPlus 12/3000/120 a few months back and I've been gradually getting the system dialled in.
Nobby43 in Inverters & Chargers 1 month ago thumb_up 2
Nobby | 134 posts Slightly different context from you lot (garden office rather than a van) but I had almost identical dropouts last January with a JBD 200A unit.
Nobby in Batteries & BMS 1 month ago thumb_up 1
Good timing on this thread — I went through exactly this last autumn. The Cerbo GX handles the monitoring of mixed chemistry well enough, but the real headache is that your charge profile has to...
Phil Crane in Monitoring & System Design 1 month ago thumb_up 3
Currently running four 100Ah LiFePO4 cells I got from Fogstar wired up as a 12V bank in my static. Got them balanced and ticking along nicely with a Victron SmartSolar MPPT doing the charging, but...
OldSparky in Q&A 1 month ago thumb_up 4
My Renogy Rover 40A has been giving me grief lately — the SOC display is all over the place when temps drop below 5°C. Showing 80% then suddenly dropping to 55% within an hour of light load.
Battery Sam in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 month ago thumb_up 3