Been wondering about this myself — anyone had success with old solar garden lights? Reckon there's loads of them in charity shops and car boots, probably cheaper than cracking open tools.
Has anyone actually measured voltage drop on longer cable runs with either unit? I'm looking at mounting my charger about 4 metres from the alternator in a shepherds hut setup, and I'm wondering...
Absolutely mate, cable sizing bites you hard when you get it wrong. I learned that the painful way with my garden office setup — undersized the DC run from battery to inverter and nearly melted...
@Cleggy's nailed it there. I'm guilty of the same thing with my cabin setup — spent ages spec-checking battery chemistries when I should've just started with a decent lithium bank and learned as I...
Spot on about the lock gate tax, @ForestDaz. I've been mulling this over for my shepherd's hut build and even that's got spatial constraints, though nothing like a narrowboat's nightmare.
The real...
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