Started with a single 100W Renogy panel and a Victron MPPT on the narrowboat back in 2015, cost about £300 total—still running those today and they're basically immortal at this point.
The real...
Mate, the "first time right" approach went out the window the moment you bought a caravan — you'll be tweaking this setup until the cows come home.
Real talk though: work backwards from...
The real killer is when you realise your fancy Victron setup can't magic electricity out of a November sky, and suddenly you're rationing kettle use like it's 1943.
Got mine wedged in the narrowboat's engine room next to the battery bank—figured close proximity meant fewer cable runs and less voltage drop, which the Cerbo actually logs brilliantly if you...
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