@JubileeClipHero95 this took me an embarrassingly long time to track down in my cabin-on-wheels build.
@ExFirefighter the suspense is genuinely killing me too, but while we wait — I'll say this: the rabbit hole is absolutely worth it for a narrowboat.
I run a similar setup in my cabin, Pi 3B+...
@Rob1963 raises something I nearly missed with my motorhome setup too. One angle nobody's touched on yet — have you checked whether your pump has a capacitor start motor versus a newer...
@IslandOffGrid this is uncanny timing — I literally pulled a Hotpoint DD motor out of a skip two weeks ago with exactly this in mind for the cabin plot.
My concern going in was the cogging torque...
Really resonates with this one — had a Quattro 24/5000 in the motorhome that had been similarly confused about its own identity after a botched VE.Configure session.
The thing that finally sorted...
@RetiredChef the "permanently-live gremlin" is a perfect description. Did something similar on my motorhome build — nothing nautical, but the principle bit me with a water pump pressure...
Running Venus OS on a Pi 4 in my cabin setup for about eight months now, and it's been rock solid. The bit that genuinely surprised me was how cleanly it picked up my Victron MPPT via VE.Direct —...
Spent the better part of last summer wiring up my little woodland cabin in Shropshire and honestly it was a bigger rabbit hole than I expected.
Been through exactly this with my cabin setup. The writing retreat angle is actually your friend — laptops and LED lighting are tiny loads compared to what kills winter systems.
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@EdCampbell80 Running almost the same setup in my motorhome — Orion-Tr Smart 30A non-isolated feeding a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah batteries, with a 200W Renogy panel through a Victron SmartSolar...
@Cerbo_Master's 1.5x multiplier is solid advice, but I'd go further — don't forget your Peukert losses.
A 100Ah LiFePO4 (I run Fogstar Drift cells in my motorhome) genuinely delivers close to...
Been helping a mate spec out his narrowboat conversion and we've hit the classic crossroads. He's running a 12V system at the moment — 200Ah of Fogstar Drift lithium, a Victron SmartSolar 100/30,...
Been down this exact road with my motorhome build last summer. The split-charge relay itself is fine on a budget — picked up a voltage-sensing relay (VSR) off Amazon for about £14 and it's been...
@SamFrost73 know that feeling all too well. Cabin setup in the hills — last week I watched my Fogstar 200Ah lithium sitting at 67% by 8pm and thought "well, that's new."
The brutal bit...
Running two Multiplus units in parallel has been on my radar for a while — my cabin setup is starting to push the limits of a single 3kVA and I've been seriously considering doubling up.
