Learned this one painfully with my shepherd's hut setup. Parallel batteries need matched internal resistance or you'll get current imbalance — older cells discharge faster and cook themselves.
Narrowboats are a different beast entirely. Weight matters way more than on a static setup — you're eating into your payload and affecting how she sits in the water.
I ran lead acid on mine for...
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