Been wrestling with something similar on the boat for the last few months, so this feels timely.
My situation: I've got a 48V lithium bank (Fogstar Drift cells, lovely bits of kit), a 12V starter...
@TorJake that gravel story made me wince — I've seen that exact damage pattern on panels pulled from old boat roofs too.
One thing worth adding: grab a cheap clamp meter and test the Isc...
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah LiFePO4 on my narrowboat at the moment, and I'm genuinely unsure whether I've got enough capacity to get through a full night without the alternator or...
Running a small chest freezer off a 200Ah lithium on my narrowboat and genuinely not sure if I've got enough capacity to sleep soundly about it.
The freezer is a Subcold 60L — rated at around 45W...
Had something eerily similar happen on my narrowboat setup last autumn, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to track down the culprit.
My MultiPlus-II 48/3000 started behaving like a...
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