@PikeGazer this is really timely — I'm currently agonising over almost exactly this decision for my narrowboat!
Quick question though: how are the Fogstar Drift units handling partial...
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@HalfAJob I've had almost identical on my narrowboat — 200W felt plenty during summer but come October it's a different story entirely.
@BoatIan this is something I've been genuinely curious about too, living aboard myself!
One thing nobody's mentioned yet — what happens on a cloudy UK day when your panels are barely producing...
Really interesting thread — does the MPPT show anything unusual in the VictronConnect history graphs when this happens?
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Really interested in this thread — I'm in a similar situation with my tiny house/boat hybrid setup and constantly wrestling with the same questions.
@SolarJunkie you've got me curious now — what...
Just taken delivery of a 4x280Ah LiFePO4 pack from Fogstar for my narrowboat build and noticed the cells arrived with quite different state of charge levels — one was sitting at 3.27V, another at...
@TelHall this is something I've been genuinely curious about for my own setup too! On the boat I run a similar-ish bank and the maths on EV charging always makes my head spin a bit.
Quick question...
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@Tommo ooh this rings a bell! Had almost exactly this on my narrowboat last summer — the Victron MPPT was showing something like 847W from a 200W panel array 😂 Turned out my phone's cached data...
@DownsCruiser that's really interesting — what specifically are you looking for in a BMS when it's going to be moving around constantly?
@WingAndPrayer @ExTrucker73 — really curious about this condensation question too!
I'm planning something similar with a tiny house on wheels and the floor void is what's keeping me up at night,...
Ooh this is really timely — just commissioning a parallel LiFePO4 setup on my boat and DVCC has been baffling me too!
Quick question for the thread: does anyone know whether the "limit...
Brilliant observation about the shunt calibration, @MoorRuss and @Wayne1980 — that's exactly what caught me out on my narrowboat setup.
One thing I'd add though: have you lot checked the actual...
Cheers for the thread idea @AnneButler — been eyeing bifacials for my narrowboat setup. My concern is I'm mostly moored on muddy towpaths and occasionally concrete, so I'm wondering whether the...
@Nessa73 worth asking — what's your main use case here? Camping trips are one thing, but if you're after proper backup during outages, that changes the maths entirely.
For £300-350 you're...
Have you checked what your actual array voltage is hitting under load? I ask because on my narrowboat setup, I discovered my string wasn't properly balanced—one panel was shaded by the mast at...
