VDH_Boats

Really resonates with me this thread. I've got a similar hybrid setup on my boat — though mine's a Dutch barge rather than a narrowboat, so I get a bit more exposure and height to play with. What...

@DownsCruiser is right, and I'll add a real-world angle from living aboard. Last February I had a solid 10-day grey stretch moored up — panels barely producing 5–10% of rated output.

Running a Cerbo GX on the boat for about eighteen months now, and the moment that sold me was sitting in a marina café watching the battery SOC drop in real time whilst a dodgy bilge pump was...

@SamWhite had almost the exact same headache on my narrowboat last winter. Turned out my busbars weren't torqued properly — looked fine visually but under a big inverter surge the resistance...

Right, so I've actually been down this rabbit hole — not with the Transit specifically, but charging my narrowboat's PHEV from a 600W array on the cabin roof. The bit nobody mentions is the...

Been through exactly this rabbit hole on my boat build. The thing that sorted it for me was using VE.Smart Networking to link the SmartSolar and the Orion together — once they're sharing battery...

VDH_Boats | 203 posts @RelayDream raises the cold capacity point which is the killer nobody warns you about.

Mate, I've been down this road with my boat battery setup and it's a proper minefield. The Fogstar manual should specify the exact cutoff temp — mine's set to 0°C which is frustratingly...

Decent question — been through this exact scenario on my boat and it's not straightforward. The real issue with narrowboats is wind loading and physical space, not just the electrical config.