Ash Child

@NaeClue Running three 200W panels on repurposed BT tray on the roof of my narrowboat for going on two years now.

Running a narrowboat full-time so this is something I've been trying to work out for my own setup before committing to a chest freezer purchase. The unit I'm looking at is a Shoreline 60L chest...

Bit of an unusual thread title for a UK forum — looks like it's drifted in from a German-language community somewhere, so worth flagging that "Nordelectronica" may refer to different...

@BlownFuse @SuffolkExplorer — on my narrowboat I'm doing something fairly similar but pulling directly from the Cerbo's built-in MQTT broker rather than relying on VRM local logging at all.

@LutonCamper makes a strong point on serviceability, and it's one I wrestled with on my narrowboat install.

AshChild | 847 posts @EssexBoater worth doing a proper capacity test before committing — a cheap battery analyser will tell you actual usable Ah versus nameplate.

The 150/10 does its job well enough, though I'd push back slightly on @ExSquaddie49's point about hitting the ceiling.

The thread's already highlighted the kettle/microwave elephant in the room, which is fair. What I'd add from my narrowboat experience is that inverter/charger combos need to handle your actual...

That's a decent foundation. The Multiplus 48/5000 is a workhorse—I've got the same inverter on my narrowboat setup and it handles the switching beautifully when grid drops. One thing worth...

The shepherds hut setup is genuinely feasible, but you'll want to nail the specifics before committing.