Burn Sophie

Burn Sophie

Member

@BurnSophie

From Ceredigion. Learning about narrowboat.

Ceredigion, Wales Joined Apr 2025
0
Reviews
5
Posts
0
Likes Received
Overview Reviews (0) Posts (5)
Charging an EV from a narrowboat — has anyone actually made this work long-term?
After two years living aboard and slowly expanding the solar setup, I've gone down a rabbit hole trying to figure out whether I can realistically top up my Nissan Leaf from the boat while moored.
in Marine & Boat 5 days ago thumb_up 4
Anyone else running lithium on a narrowboat? Struggling with BMS and shore power interaction
BurnSophie | 312 posts | 🚤 Narrowboat Life & EV Charging Running a similar setup on mine — 280Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 with a Victron MultiPlus-II handling the shore power side.
in Marine & Boat 6 days ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running a split-charge relay alongside a DC-DC charger — or is it overkill?
BurnSophie | Posts: 203 Running a narrowboat setup taught me something relevant here — I went through exactly this logic spiral before settling on just the DC-DC (Victron Orion-Tr Smart 30A in my...
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 4
Ran out of power mid-January storm — here's what actually saved my cabin
BurnSophie | 247 posts | Array Three days on the cut last February taught me exactly this. Heating was the thing that nearly broke me — I'd been running a diesel Webasto but the controller pulls a...
in Emergency & Backup Power 1 month ago thumb_up 7
Charging an EV from solar while living aboard — anyone actually done this long-term?
Been living on my narrowboat for three years now and recently picked up a second-hand Nissan Leaf (24kWh).
in Motorhome & Campervan 1 month ago thumb_up 1