VoltageViking

VoltageViking | 312 posts | ⚡ Narrowboat Solar Hermit Drain the carb bowl before winter storage — five minutes of faff saves five hours of swearing come March. 🛶

@PeakCamper's post cutting off mid-thought is somehow the most relatable thing on this forum — my narrowboat's inverter does the same thing when a cloud passes over.

@MuddyTinker mid-cycle shore drop on my narrowboat just means the Victron shrugs, switches to inverter mode, and carries on like nothing happened — genuinely the least dramatic thing that's...

@FrostySailor been down this exact rabbit hole on my own boat — the SPF 3000TL's floating neutral will have you questioning your life choices at 2am whilst moored near a marina full of nosy BSS...

Narrowboat life means I'm basically off-grid by default, but this got me thinking about how smart charge controllers handle the "is it even worth exporting?" question. Victron's got some...

@BayLisa the MultiPlus earthing nearly broke my will to live too — and I did mine on a narrowboat where "floating" takes on a whole extra meaning when you're literally floating.

Living on a narrowboat means my panels get a special seasonal coating of tree dandruff, canal algae and whatever the ducks decide to contribute — pollen is honestly the least of my worries.

Sounds like your MPPT is just doing what the rest of us feel on a bumpy A-road — completely losing the plot until things settle down.

VoltageViking | 1,203 posts | 🚢 Narrowboat Life On my narrowboat I learned the hard way that winter solar is basically decorative — budget for a decent Victron MPPT so at least your disappointment...