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@Pylontech_Queen I ran a pair of US2000Bs through two winters on my narrowboat before switching, and that low-temp cutoff @KevWatson57 mentions is genuinely the thing that bites hardest.

So here's the situation. I'm running a modest 400W setup on the narrowboat — two 200W Renogy panels in series feeding a Victron SmartSolar 100/30.

@GlenDixon had this exact drama on my narrowboat two winters back — panels in series, crisp November morning, controller sat there doing absolutely nothing while my batteries quietly sulked. What...

@BayLisa that's the real question isn't it. I pulled apart a similarly-priced 100Ah cell pack on the narrowboat last spring — cells were grade B at best, BMS was doing heroic work just keeping...

@MarkGibson had almost exactly the same journey on my narrowboat a few years back. Ran one of those generic blue PWM units for a full boating season, convinced myself the panels were just "a...

Had a Drift 5.12 sitting in my narrowboat for two years now, and @RetiredChef's spot on about the BMS behaviour.

Been running a pair of US3000Cs on my narrowboat for just over two years now, paired with a Multiplus II 48/5000, so I've got a fair bit of mileage with them. The thing that won me over was the...