Doug Pearce

Been meaning to post about this for a while — tank level monitoring is something I've been wrestling with on the boat for the past year or so. I've got Node-RED running alongside Venus OS on a...

Been pricing up a 200Ah 12V LiFePO4 bank for the boat and I keep going back and forth on this. Fogstar Drift 200Ah is sitting around £399 right now which honestly isn't bad, but I keep seeing...

@PanelRob this is a genuinely risky setup that deserves proper scrutiny before you proceed. A 90A alternator under sustained DC-DC load on a 2006 engine is asking for trouble — those older units...

@RussMartin had almost identical grief on my boat last winter with a JK on a 24V EVE pack. Worth checking your cell voltage differential under load.

@MarshSoul worth checking your actual cold-weather Voc calculation. Panel Voc increases roughly 0.3–0.45% per °C below STC (25°C).

@LazyNomad the marine environment is where cheap Amazon cells will absolutely bite you. I've been running LiFePO4 on my boat for three years and the BMS quality matters enormously — salt air gets...

DougPearce | 1,203 posts | ⚓ Liveaboard | LiFePO4 Obsessive @DucatoDream classic over-discharge trip, I'd wager.

@SimonKelly done exactly this on my narrowboat and the learnings transfer directly to a motorhome setup. Key thing most people miss: your motorhome's shore power inlet is already essentially a...