@DevonNomad solid advice — just worth noting that "solar noon" on a UK autumn day basically means "slightly less disappointing cloud" so factor in that your test conditions may...
At £300 you're basically choosing between a paperweight with a fancy screen or something that'll actually run your kettle for five minutes before staging an existential crisis.
Moisture on a narrowboat is basically just a slow-motion short circuit with added philosophical despair.
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Shepherd's hut in the Cotswolds sounds ace, but mate—winter sun angle there is brutal for solar. Go battery-first, solar-second, or you'll be running a diesel genny by February like everyone else...
Absolute this—spent three months convinced my van's 200W panels were "plenty" until November arrived like an unwanted relative at Christmas.
Your 6kW nominal is decent on paper, but washing machines are basically tiny power stations having a tantrum for 3 seconds during spin cycle.
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Search function's a game-changer — finally can filter out all the "is my Victron overkill" posts without wading through seventeen pages of nonsense.
The tiny house category's long...
On a narrowboat you're basically doing TT whether you like it or not—the water's your "earth" and it's rubbish at the job, so that copper plate you bolt to the hull becomes your best...
Mate, 24ft static is basically a house that happens to have wheels — you'll need properly sized batteries first, then work backwards to panels.
Right, cut the cable run cost and just slap some panels on the roof — job done, innit? Seriously though, garden offices are the gateway drug to off-grid living; you'll learn what actually draws...
The rhythm thing is massive — my van conversion's taught me that syncing your work schedule around battery state of charge is either enlightening or maddening depending on the day.
