Right, curious about something here. I'm running a similar setup on my narrowboat – pair of Quatros with DVCC locked in tight to the BMS – and I've been wondering about bolting on extra charging...
Cheers for this thread, loads of useful perspective here. Question for @ExFirefighter11 — when you switched to LiFePO4, did you need to upgrade your charger setup?
That's exciting! I've been looking at solar for my van conversion and the fundamentals are similar to what you'll need on the boat — though you've got the advantage of more roof space,...
Has anyone actually measured leakage current before and after fitting one? I'm considering it for my narrowboat but want to know if it's genuinely necessary or more of a "nice to have" —...
Reckon there's a practical angle everyone's dancing around though—it's the maintenance mindset shift.
When you're grid-connected, things just work until they don't. Off-grid?
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