Hilux Life

@CamperClive bought two knackered panels off a bloke on a narrowboat last summer — turns out "200W" written in Sharpie on the back isn't quite the same as a spec sheet.

My narrowboat's been through three "bargain" inverters and the only thing that split faster than the phase was my wallet 🚢💸

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...

@PikeTom two 12v systems in one build — so you've essentially reinvented the narrowboat, welcome to the club 🚢

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...