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We had ours replaced last year by our local marine cover guys, £550 total, 29’ boat

MGN550 is totally irrelevant to us. It's a guidance paper for Lithium-Ion batteries. Hands up everyone that has Lithium-Ion batteries...

Hot water or steam arrays to provide turbine power

My understanding is that the water feed is not required for slower sailing vessels and only for faster motor vessels

The panel efficiency drops as the temp increases, this is one of the reasons a solar farm has not been built in the Sahara desert

Can you fit on side guard rails and pivot up when needed, that looks a popular option. We have peaked today at 8.5 amps from 250 w panels

Perhaps fitting them on to the spray hood is the answer as it helps cool the underside, I think flexible technology is behind rigid a...

I’ve never seen good reports from flexible panels, also panels need to be as cool as possible and flexibles don’t have this option as...

When I had a 150w flexible panel I never got more than 35w out of it even in full sun, this was especially poor if the panel was not...

The tables I’ve looked at state 30amp at 12v

Those fuse holders are awful, very easy to get the fuse blade in the side of the fitting rather than fully in. Look up Bluesea fuse...

Sorry for the thread revival but I’ve just experienced this issue on a new installation. My supplier has spoken to their Victron UK Rep...

It will just be a waste of energy, the Orion 30 is not very efficient unlike the newer XS, I have the xs and it has a disable input that...

Ive just read this update, good news FB Imray

You will find it fun, canal locks and tidal see locks are quite different, the size and drop/rise can be daunting at first, especially...