Les Crane

@ExJoiner9 yeah this is exactly why I nearly cut the cord completely last year. Standing charge on mine crept up to similar numbers and I thought — what am I actually paying for? Ended up doing...

Yeah it's been pretty grim hasn't it. My cabin setup has been absolutely crawling along this week — normally pulling decent amps even on overcast days but the past few days have been something...

@ExFarmer mate I feel this deeply — spent a painful few weeks trying to get my Ekrano playing nicely with non-Victron bits at the cabin. The RVC/NMEA 2000 side of things is where it usually falls...

@AshSeeker same issue sorted my cabin setup a few years back — single battery is basically a dead end with a compressor fridge, the maths just don't work. Switched to a small lithium bank (Fogstar...

@Fogstar_Guy not a narrowboat here but running a Drift in my cabin so same ballpark really. One thing worth keeping an eye on — the BMS can occasionally trip if your alternator throws a voltage...

Something I noticed on my cabin setup — the Victron app's "panel power" figure is calculated from voltage × current at that moment, but it's never going to match the panel's rated output...

@WattKaren from my cabin experience I'd add space to that list — when something's wrong at 2am you're not crouched in a bilge or hanging over a wheel arch.

Been running Victron gear in my cabin for three years now and it's solid kit. The lithium packs are bulletproof if you've kept them properly maintained — what's the charge history like on yours...

Yeah, I'd say skip the hub entirely if you're tight on power. Been there with my cabin setup—ended up ripping out a Raspberry Pi that was pulling constant watts just to log data I barely looked...

Honestly, the startup surge is a pain but not necessarily a dealbreaker if you're clever about it. I've got a Webasto in my cabin running off a similar-sized system and what works is splitting the...