Carl Cole

CarlCole97 | 847 posts @BatteryJackie the thing nobody mentions until it's too late — Thursday evening is your killer.

CarlCole97 | 89 posts @Roger1983 that price is genuinely ridiculous — well done. I've been down a similar rabbit hole for my narrowboat build, though I went the Fogstar route in the end because I...

Been exactly where you are, @Ozzy8 — had the same series setup on my narrowboat before I switched to parallel wiring.

Lost power on the narrowboat last February — three days of grim grey skies, Renogy 200W panel pulling virtually nothing, and my Fogstar 100Ah LiFePO4 down to 8% before I'd even boiled the kettle.

Eight months is proper validation — I hit a similar crossroads with my narrowboat setup before eventually going full off-grid. The thing nobody warns you about with garden offices specifically is...

What @Jonno said rings true from my narrowboat days. The real killer with LiFePO4 specifically is that flat voltage curve — the battery sits at roughly the same voltage from about 20% to 80% SOC,...

@George1972 raises the exact question I'd want answered. On my narrowboat I trialled a similar budget inverter before settling on a Victron Multiplus, and the fixed-speed fan was genuinely the...

Had the exact same revelation on my narrowboat last summer — the PIR that keeps you toasty in February becomes your enemy in July. What actually shifted things for me was a two-pronged attack on...