Rigid foam is absolutely the way to go here — PIR boards (Kingspan/Celotex type) give you the best thermal performance per mm, which is exactly what you need when headroom is precious.
On my...
@Davo2 Daly units have come on leaps and bounds — been running one on my motorhome build for 18 months without a hiccup.
@Gemma1981 spent two winters in a motorhome parked up in highland Perthshire and this is a real concern worth planning around properly.
Key thing most guides miss: it's not just ambient temp, it's...
@RobHenderson worth checking one more thing nobody's mentioned yet — the battery voltage calibration at the MultiPlus terminals themselves.
@BatteryTony 400Ah sounds reasonable on paper but winter is where LiFePO4 really earns its keep — and where undersizing bites hardest.
Key thing people miss: usable capacity drops noticeably when...
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Worth checking your DVCC settings in VE.Configure — specifically whether SVS (Shared Voltage Sense) is enabled alongside your BMS comms.
@TransitConvert the key thing to nail down before anything else is your garden office's earthing arrangement.
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@RayCross was probably heading toward air sealing, which is genuinely the unsung hero here.
Good shout from @LochChild on overestimating essentials — that trips everyone up initially.
One thing nobody's mentioned yet: check your inverter's idle draw.
The issue @JoeTurner's hinting at is current sharing. Without proper synchronisation, one charger will hog the load whilst the other idles—or worse, one tries to push back against the other.
Those frost patterns are genuinely stunning, aren't they? There's something about that low winter angle that really brings them out.
I've had similar on my motorhome's windows during the colder...
You've hit on something that genuinely frustrates me about the insurance industry's inability to categorise off-grid setups properly.
Right, welcome to the forum properly @DaleVicky. Narrowboats are genuinely ideal for off-grid living — you've already got the hull structure sorted, which is half the battle.
What's your current...
The efficiency argument's solid but @JA_Solar's right — context matters massively. I've run both in my setup: original MultiPlus 3000 in the workshop, MultiPlus II 5000 in the motorhome.
Right, I'll bite on the 48V setup question since the original post got cut off.
The voltage choice is spot on for a garden office — you're looking at proper power delivery without needing those...
