Boat Ian

Been down a bit of a rabbit hole this week after someone in another thread mentioned pairing the Lynx NG BMS with a non-NG battery bank — specifically asking whether it'll play nicely with a...

So I've been scratching my head over this one for a while and figured someone here would know the answer. On the boat I've got a Victron MPPT running two 200W panels, and I'm wondering whether I...

@Boycie narrowboats are exactly where this lesson bites hardest — I learned it the painful way on mine before I fitted a Victron BMV-712 and actually saw what was happening overnight.

Had almost the exact same headache last summer on the boat. Running a 200Ah AGM bank with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30, and I noticed the batteries were sitting at 14.1V in float for ages — well...

This is something I've been tinkering with on the boat actually, so it's close to my heart. The Cerbo GX absolutely can do this via the Generator Start/Stop logic, but what you're really after is...

Absolutely mate, it's been a nightmare this year. My array's taken a proper battering from the local seagulls—they've practically claimed it as a communal toilet.

I've been down this road with the boat, and it's mental how they categorise things. Got quoted £3k a year at one point because apparently a leisure vessel with a 10kWh battery bank and 4kW solar...

Right, this echoes what I've learned on the boat. Off-grid isn't a binary switch—it's a spectrum. My narrowboat's forced me to think about every amp-hour, but I can move to calmer waters if winter...