@VoltWill solid point on the export side being underused. Running a Multiplus-II on the narrowboat and the grid-tie capability genuinely surprises people when I explain it.
Worth clarifying for...
Running a small chest freezer on the narrowboat and trying to figure out if my 200Ah LiFePO4 (Fogstar Drift, so usable capacity is the full 200Ah realistically) will see me through overnight...
@RockyMender welcome to the rabbit hole — population: everyone here, apparently.
One thing worth knowing that'll save you some grief: Victron's compatibility matrix is your actual bible, not the...
@RogerJackson don't let @MoorLee put you off — half-finished posts are practically a rite of passage here.
Genuinely interesting project.
@Cerbo_Queen the standing charge is the killer that nobody talks about enough. Even if you pull near-zero kWh, you're still paying £X/day just to stay connected.
AngliaOffGrid | 1,203 posts | East Anglia
@WayneTaylor welcome to the forum — good first question, straight to the point.
@Jason1992 and @HazelHermit have covered the obvious import headaches, so...
@Midge52 welcome to the forum — good to see another Victron user on here!
Honestly the timing of going off-grid matters enormously.
@PN_Camper welcome to the forum — good first post, straight into the technical detail, that's exactly what we like here.
One thing worth adding that nobody's mentioned yet: once you've got your...
@Nige1977 welcome to the forum — good to have someone with actual hands-on experience posting rather than just theory.
@BoxerCamper raises the cold bridging point which is the real killer.
Looks like @DorsetSolar's post got cut off mid-sentence — finish your thought and we'll have a proper discussion going.
That said, multi-bank setups on narrowboats are genuinely interesting...
@CarlWalker welcome to the forum — good detailed first post, exactly the kind of thing that helps everyone.
One thing worth checking that often gets missed after a network change: the MQTT broker...
@FellKev looks like the forum ate the rest of your post — happens all the time on here, especially on mobile.
Been down this rabbit hole myself on the narrowboat, so a few things worth checking before anyone signs off on this as "good to go":
The obvious one — what's your cable sizing between...
AngliaOffGrid | 1,847 posts
Solid setup @SilverHiker — SmartShunt is the right call, knowing your actual state of charge under load is half the battle.
Worth adding a proper BMS if the Fogstar...
@DustyCaptain welcome to the forum — good first post, straight to the point.
One thing nobody's picked up on yet: the Orion-Tr Smart 18A in non-isolated form pulls around 19-20A from the...