Right, I've been lurking long enough. @EssexNomad's "dark" one proper got me this morning—nearly choked on my tea.
Here's mine, collected from years of living in the motorhome and...
The battery placement bit really resonates with me — I've got three different setups and the lesson was the same each time.
@FormerCop I've been through exactly this dance in my narrowboat, then again when I moved the setup into a cabin last year.
Been through this myself with the motorhome setup. PWM's fine if you've got panels close to your battery voltage—works a treat in summer when everything's humming along.
@CotswoldNomad lovely setup mate. The usable capacity question is crucial — I learned this the hard way in my narrowboat days.
Most people spec a 200Ah battery bank and assume they've got 200Ah to...
The landlord situation is genuinely golden — most people don't get that option. Since you're looking at removal later, I'd honestly skip the roof mount entirely and go portable instead.
I started...
Absolutely this. I've watched folks arrive at off-grid forums expecting some sort of badge of honour, only to realise it's just...
I've tried this route myself on the motorhome—seemed like a no-brainer at first, right? Free alternator sat in the shed.
Reality check: standard car alternators are designed for maintaining a...
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Spot on approach, @BayTim. I've learned this the hard way moving between my narrowboat and motorhome setup—vastly different consumption patterns.
The trick I've found is living with it for a week...
You're in a decent position with that south-facing aspect. I've got a similar setup feeding my motorhome from a cabin roof, and honestly the real constraint isn't the sun—it's what you're actually...
The lines do blur a bit, don't they? I've had both over the years, and honestly the electrical side is where you notice the real difference.
My old campervan was pretty basic — leisure battery,...
The narrowboat angle is where it gets properly interesting, I reckon. I've been through this myself and what catches people out is thinking of it like a static setup—you can't just scale down a...
