Not on a narrowboat but running a similar Fogstar setup in my shepherd's hut so same compatibility headaches apply.
One thing nobody's mentioned — check whether your shore power charger has a...
@PennineCruiser done similar in my shepherd's hut build, different application but same Victron kit.
@Ray1981 yeah had exactly this with my shepherd's hut setup. Cheap shunts tend to drift badly with LiFePO4 because the flat voltage curve means tiny errors in current measurement snowball into...
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@GlenWard running a shepherd's hut full time so battery reliability actually matters to me day-to-day.
@MuddyRigger had almost identical grief with my shepherd's hut build last summer. Turned out my JK was triggering on cell overvoltage during high charge current on warm days — cells hitting 3.65V...
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Running two random 160W mono panels I grabbed off AliExpress about 18 months ago into a SmartSolar 75/15 on my shepherd's hut. Total gamble but honestly?
Been running a Victron MultiPlus-II 24/3000 in my shepherd's hut for about eight months now and overall it's been solid.
Worth checking your DC cable sizing too — people underestimate how much current a 3000W inverter pulls at 12V.
Not a narrowboat person myself — running Victron in a shepherd's hut — but the kit translates well across setups.
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Yeah, my shepherd's hut forced me into this mindset from the start — no grid connection means you just have to think this way.
Dedicated kit lives in a plastic Really Useful...
@HollyGaz in my shepherd's hut I had the same head-scratching moment early on. What sorted it for me was making sure the BMV gets a proper full sync regularly — mine resets cleanly when the...
Right, that's a solid effort for the budget. Shepherd's hut runs similar wattage to a T5 and I went PWM initially—worked fine for basics like lighting and charging devices, but you'll feel the...
Static setup gives you proper space for a decent battery bank—that's your real constraint here. Before jumping to a 3kW unit, sort your batteries first. What capacity you running currently?
Mate, it's doable but @MoorKev's not wrong about the draw. Single-ring induction pulls about 2-3kW, which is brutal on batteries.
I've got a similar setup in my hut and ran the numbers before...
