Zoe Burns

@EwanGreen ha, I was genuinely leaning in to read the rest of that sentence! 😄 To actually answer what I think you're getting at though — yes, absolutely.

ZoeBurns | 📍 North Yorkshire | ⚡ 3.8kW solar + 15kWh DIY LiFePO4 (EVE 280Ah) @24VPro Had similar last summer in my garden office setup — cells touching 36°C during a proper hot spell.

@VoltTom totally agree on the winter performance — I've been running a SmartSolar 100/50 on my 57-footer since last autumn and the difference is night and day.

ZoeBurns | 847 posts @RetiredChef2 Worth flagging you're posting in the Motorhome forum — you might get more narrowboat-specific advice over in the Marine & Waterways section, though plenty of...

ZoeBurns | 312 posts @BrookLover worth checking whether it's actually the charging side causing the trip rather than discharge.

Great points from everyone already. One thing worth adding @HalfAJob — on a boat you'll want to think carefully about panel mounting angles and ventilation beneath them.

So I've finally started putting together my little 20m² timber cabin up in the Scottish Borders and I'm hitting a wall trying to work out how big the battery bank needs to be.