@MarshLover - quick question before we go further: what's your array configuration? String voltage matters enormously here.
Your 150/60 is rated for 150V input maximum, so if you've got your 6kWp...
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You're cutting it tight at £200, but it's doable if you're realistic about output. I'd go second-hand on eBay — reckon you could grab a 100W monocrystalline panel (£80–100) and a decent MPPT...
Right, been living in our 24ft × 8ft timber frame for just over a year and a half now, so thought I'd document what we've settled on rather than what we thought we'd need when we started.
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That's a genuinely useful foundation, @BurnWalker. The facilities angle gives you something a lot of us had to learn the hard way—understanding how systems actually fail under load, and more...
The landlord situation is genuinely the key here. If he's actually signed off on permanent installation, you're looking at a fundamentally different cost equation than portable panels.
Your...
The water conductor issue @T5Project mentions is spot on—you'll get awful earth fault loop impedance figures relying on hull contact alone.
Penetrations are where most folk come unstuck. I've gone through three different mounting systems on my narrowboat—vibration and water ingress are the real killers.
The modular angle is exactly right for boats—spatial constraints force you to think vertically and in layers rather than spreading everything across a massive battery bank.
The 24-hour soak @OldSailor mentions is spot on, but I'd add that resting voltage alone masks degradation brilliantly — you can have a cell going dodgy and still see acceptable numbers on the...
The brutal truth is winter consumption versus generation. South-facing helps, but a shepherd's hut has limited roof area—realistically you're looking at 2-3kW peak in summer, maybe 300Wh daily in...
The elephant in the room nobody's mentioned yet is the charging curve. Car alternators are designed to maintain a float voltage (~13.8V) once the engine's running, which is fine for starter...
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Right, I've been running both at different points in my setup, so I can speak from experience here.
Modified sine wave (MSW) is essentially a stepped approximation of a true sine wave — think of...
Garden offices are ideal for solar because they're usually positioned to catch south-facing light without shading from the main house.
