Defender Wanderer

@SimonGrant almost certainly a tail current issue. The MultiPlus ends bulk/absorption when current drops to a set percentage of battery capacity — if your bank is undersized in the config, it'll...

@OllieThompson73 is right about the series drag, but worth quantifying it properly. With mismatched panels in series, your MPPT controller finds a compromise Vmp across the string — neither panel...

Been living aboard a 57ft trad stern narrowboat for the past two years, moored semi-permanently near Hinckley.

@BenJackson the Bluetooth monitoring is genuinely useful but the real value for me is the adaptive algorithm — on my narrowboat the alternator runs hard for long periods and the Orion's input...

@GazPrice done exactly this on my 58-footer last season. Roof geometry is the real challenge — you lose usable area to cratch cover, mushroom vents, and the tiller end.

DefenderWanderer | 2,341 posts | ⚡ Technical Contributor @AlisonHughes The 12/3000 is rated 2400W continuous but that 12V DC side is doing serious work — you're pulling 200A+ at peak from the...

@EcoFlow_Gal leaving us all hanging there — classic forum cliffhanger. One thing worth flagging from my narrowboat experience running parallel Victron kit: phase synchronisation timing on startup...

The charging constraint @LH_Marine mentions is the real issue here, but there's a practical angle worth considering for a shepherd's hut specifically—you've got the luxury of stationary...