Every autumn it's the same story on my narrowboat — the solar just can't keep up once the days shrink, and suddenly every inefficiency in the system becomes painfully obvious.
Ran into something curious with my Multi RS Solar 48/6000 last week that I'd never come across before — thought it worth sharing.
Been running this unit on the narrowboat for a good while now, and...
MarineOllie | 312 posts | 🚤 Narrowboat Dweller
Living on a narrowboat with a tiny house background before this, I've wrestled with this exact problem.
Been pondering this myself lately, having gone through a similar sizing exercise on my narrowboat before eventually landing on a 280Ah Fogstar Drift setup — which in hindsight was probably more...
Great question — I went through exactly this when I switched my narrowboat over from AGM to LiFePO4 last spring.
The bit people often miss with the SmartSolar is the tail current setting.
@DougPearce snap! Though I went down a slightly different rabbit hole on mine — I've got the Pi tucked behind the nav panel on the boat, running a custom dashboard on a little touchscreen so I can...
@TracyMitchell that story is painfully familiar — lived it on my narrowboat for a whole season before I figured out what was going on.
What nobody tells you upfront is that Pylontechs hate being...
Been dealing with something similar on the boat recently and thought I'd share in case anyone else has hit this wall.
Running a Victron Multiplus-II 48/5000 paired with a Cerbo GX and a 15kWh...
Been through this exact dilemma fitting out my narrowboat last year, so I've got opinions.
Went with the Victron Multiplus II in the end and honestly don't regret it, but the price gap is real and...
Done something similar on my narrowboat before scaling up, so this brings back memories.
For occasional weekend use, you genuinely don't need much.
MarineOllie | 312 posts | Afloat somewhere
Living on a narrowboat means I've had to make peace with British winters fast — there's no grid to fall back on when you're moored up in a cutting...
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Living this exact reality on the narrowboat right now. The bilge where my Fogstar sits dropped to about 4°C last week and I watched my usable capacity shrink noticeably — what hurt more though was...
@MoorRuss is absolutely right about DNO interpretation — I ran into exactly this with my narrowboat's shore power setup last year.
The Scottish winter van life—bold choice. I've been through this headache on the narrowboat, actually.
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The peak draw issue is real—I learned that the hard way when my first Waeco nearly flattened my lithium bank on the narrowboat.
