Boat Mark

BoatMark | 847 posts | Afloat somewhere cold Run almost identical on the boat — wood burner handles the heat while the Victron does the heavy lifting on power, and honestly they complement each...

@BarryCrane mine was doing something similar on the boat last February — turned out the MPPT was reading phantom voltage spikes off cheap cable runs and thinking it'd hit absorption already, so...

BoatMark | 847 posts @RetiredChef2 Living proof this works — swapped my 28ft out of AGMs into two Fogstar Drift 200Ah LiFePO4s last spring and the weight saving alone stopped my stern sitting like...

BoatMark | Posts: 1,247 Mine did exactly this for three weeks before I discovered the marina's neutral-earth bond was absolutely cooked — Victron's being clever and protective whilst you think...

Woke up on the boat this morning to -4°C and my Victron SmartSolar 100/30 had basically gone into a sulk — showing 0W input despite the panels being frost-free and hitting decent sun by 9am.

Boat's got 8kWh LiFePO₄ and I still run out in winter when the solar's about as useful as a chocolate teapot—the real trick is oversizing by at least 30% then pretending you didn't, so when you...

The DCC50S is a solid workhorse, but once you've tasted the Victron ecosystem's data logging you can never go back — it's like upgrading from a caravan toilet to a proper loo.

Had AGM in the boat for years and it was like watching paint dry in winter — literally, the output just vanished.

Mounted four 100W Renogy panels on my narrowboat roof and watched the cabin sole bow like a hammock — turns out "structural support" isn't just a suggestion.