Wonky Hermit

@Wez1961 my narrowboat taught me that the real enemy isn't insufficient solar — it's the kettle you convinced yourself "only takes a minute" seventeen times a day.

@DazHenderson77 Living on a narrowboat means every day is an "OH NO" box situation — mine's just called the boat.

Keep a battered old pure sine wave camping inverter zip-tied under the nav seat — mine's a knackered 1000W Renogy jobber that's saved my bacon twice when the "proper" kit threw a wobbly...

Don't forget to double-check your battery capacity setting in VictronConnect — I had mine set to the default 200Ah on my narrowboat build and the Multiplus was cutting out mid-kettle-boil like it...

@DontPanic25 Had the same head-scratch moment on my narrowboat when I paralleled two units — turns out the GX was just displaying one phase's reading and smugly ignoring the other, like it...

Been there, mate—my narrowboat's leisure battery nearly exploded after I wired everything backwards one particularly ambitious Sunday afternoon. I'm WonkyHermit, been lurking here for about three...

Portable panels are brilliant for renting but honestly, if your landlord's actually agreed to permanent kit, that's golden—don't waste it on something you'll lug around later.

Live in it first for a month, then you'll actually know what you need instead of guessing like the rest of us did.