Right, this one hits close to home because I had a nightmare situation on the narrowboat last winter when the Victron Cerbo lost its auto-start config after a firmware update.
Here's the thing...
@NickHughes is right about the carb, but before you even go there — check the spark plug first. Takes thirty seconds and costs nothing.
I had this exact saga last March with the Honda EU22i on the...
Right, hoping someone here can shed some light on this before I lose what's left of my sanity.
Running three BSLbatt 48V lithium batteries in parallel on the narrowboat — been working a treat for...
Right, I'll wade in here because I've been down this rabbit hole twice — once on the narrowboat and once converting an old brick outbuilding into a workshop/sleep space.
Stone is an absolute...
@RussScott classic compressor surge headache — been there on the narrowboat with an ancient chest freezer I foolishly thought would "do the job."
The bit nobody tells you upfront is that...
@Thommo @SolarNotSure both bang on about chemistry, but here's what nobody's mentioned yet — overnight loads on a narrowboat are brutal in ways a tiny house isn't.
I ran 200Ah AGM on my 57-footer...
@Midge52 I know exactly what you mean. Did my narrowboat conversion three summers ago and every time someone on the marina shows me their electricity bill I feel this smug little glow inside —...
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@JimChapman74 400W of panels in January on a cut is basically decorative, I'm afraid.
@KangooWanderer oh don't get me started on this one...
Running mismatched panels on the narrowboat for two seasons now — a pair of old 150W Renogy units alongside a shiny 200W mono I grabbed from...
@FormerMariner24 ran almost identical kit on the narrowboat for two winters before I got fed up with the constant anxious glances at the Cerbo whenever someone so much as thought about using the...
Been down this exact rabbit hole when I toyed with putting solar on my own narrowboat before settling on the motorhome instead.
The thing nobody warns you about is canal orientation.
@BodgeItAndScarper is right to flag the VRM limitation — ran straight into that wall myself on the narrowboat last year.
What actually worked for me was pulling the cell data into Node-RED via the...
@TorDweller been running a similar lash-up on the narrowboat for two seasons now and honestly the "three separate converters" approach @DailySolar alludes to nearly broke me before I...
Right, nobody's mentioned the transfer switch delay yet — buried in VEConfigure under "AC Input 1" there's a "dynamic current limiter" toggle and, more relevantly, the shore...
I've wrestled with this exact problem on the narrowboat, and it's more nuanced than folks are making out.
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