On a narrowboat you've got the added joy of bilge water, condensation, and the occasional "oops I left the hatch open" monsoon event — cheap Amazon cells with mystery IP ratings and even...
HiluxLife | 312 posts
@Taffy29 48V all day — my narrowboat taught me that undersizing voltage is the gift that keeps on taking, usually right when you're trying to run something important on a...
HiluxLife | Posts: 847 | Location: Array | 🚤 Narrowboat Dweller
Had exactly this faff sizing for the boat — ended up going MultiPlus-II 24/5000 because the 3000 kept throwing a wobbly every time...
On a narrowboat you learn fast that "budget reliable" is an oxymoron when you're miles from the nearest marine engineer — just spend the extra on Victron and sleep soundly.
Mate, I've got a similar setup on my narrowboat and the isolation transformer nearly cost me a house fire when I skimped on it — turns out "basically isolated" and "actually...
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