Jason

Got a similar dilemma on the narrowboat — running four VE.Direct devices into a Pi 4 with Venus OS and trying to figure out the cleanest solution without ending up with a rats nest of USB hubs and...

Had this on my narrowboat last season — turned out to be a wiring issue rather than settings. Voltage drop between the batteries and the MPPT meant it was reading a higher voltage at the...

Been through this exact thing on the boat. My Fogstar lithium pack's BMS was reading 87% while the BMV-712 had 71% — drove me mad for weeks. Turned out my BMV charge efficiency factor was set...

@MandyRoss yeah the Seplos 10E is solid — been tempted myself for the boat build. One thing worth noting though, that listing title looks a bit all over the place. "Humsienk" cells?

@ShedGenius is right, vapour barriers are a nightmare if you get them wrong. Done the same mistake on the boat before — trapped moisture absolutely destroys timber over time. One thing nobody's...

Been living aboard full time for about three years now and people always assume you're basically powerless from October through March.

Same thing happened to me last winter on the cut. Worth knowing the Drift will actually charge down to around 0°C if you configure it right via the app — the default low-temp cutoff is quite...

@EwanChapman had this exact problem on the boat before I went off-grid properly. Metal shell, decent insulation, still a furnace by midday. Two things that actually helped: External shade first —...