Been down this rabbit hole myself last winter when I was fitting out the boat. Grabbed a couple of washing machine motors from the local tip for a fiver each — the older induction motors are...
Done this on my tiny house setup — one thing nobody's mentioned yet is standby draw when the compressor's off.
Running a similar setup on my boat and honestly it depends entirely on what you're powering.
What are you planning to run in the hut?
Had a similar head-scratcher with my Victron setup on the boat last spring. Got the Cerbo GX, Multiplus-II, and a couple of SmartSolars all wired up nicely — but the VRM portal just refused to...
@VanRhys similar setup on my boat — gate cam plus a couple covering the deck.
Key things I'd flag:
PoE cameras eat more than you'd think at idle, check the actual draw not the rated max
I run...
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Got a smaller Honda EU20i on the tiny house setup and honestly it earns its keep every winter.
@MarshSoul had this exact issue on my boat last January. Turned out my SmartSolar was seeing panel voltage spike well above what the MPPT algorithm expected at startup, and it was just bailing out...
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Rule of thumb I use on my boat (similar draw to a small cabin tbh) — work out your daily Wh, divide by your battery voltage, that's your amp-hours needed.
@24V_Nerd nice one, always satisfying ripping out the old stuff. What did you go with for the inverter/charger combo?
Same setup on my narrowboat — 200Ah Fogstar Drift with the Orion-Tr Smart 30A. One thing nobody's mentioned: if you're doing a lot of short locks-to-mooring runs, the 30A actually gets meaningful...
Most recycling centres will take them, yeah. But honestly, I've had better luck going direct to battery specialists — they'll often take them for free and actually recycle them properly rather...
