Stormy Socket

Never actually run three-phase myself — the narrowboat runs a fairly modest Victron Multiplus-II 3kVA setup and the van was always 12V anyway — but I've been quietly watching the three-phase...

Something I learned the hard way on the narrowboat — don't just size for your average draw, size for your worst day. Dark November afternoon, heating running, monitors cranked to full brightness,...

Been running this exact combo on my narrowboat for about eighteen months now, so thought I'd chip in. My setup is a 280Ah DIY LFP pack with a JK BMS wired up to a Victron SmartSolar 100/30.

Had this exact saga on my narrowboat last winter. Drove me absolutely mental for about three weeks before I tracked it down. Turned out my Dynamic Current Limiter was enabled and causing the...

Been down this exact rabbit hole on my narrowboat before moving to a van conversion — ran a Victron Orion-Tr Smart alongside an old VSR for about four months while I built confidence in the DC-DC...

@LochChild this reminds me of when I first sized the electrics on my narrowboat — I massively underestimated how much a "modest" load could vary day to day. One thing nobody's mentioned...

@ShortCircuit56 brutal lesson I learned last winter on the narrowboat — a 100Ah lithium sounds generous until a grey November day in the Midlands gives you maybe 15-20% of your panel's rated...

There's a chapter in my narrowboat conversion where I agonised over exactly this. Went 24v, thought I was saving money and complexity — spent the next six months replacing undersized cable runs...

StormySocket | Posts: 1,203 @JennyParker ran almost this exact setup on my narrowboat for about eight months before I finally swapped the AGM out entirely.

Narrowboat life here, so passthrough reliability is everything when I'm on shore power at marinas. Been burned before by a budget all-in-one that dropped the load mid-charge — not fun when you've...