The electronics were shot for countless reasons, like the old truck starter battery being shared with the newer gel leisure batteries, and the whole system having enough voltage drop to strobe the lights whenever more than one was on.

Pump couldn’t get what it needed to push water and would regularly flail until batteries emptied. Fridge the same.

We ripped it all out in January. Half reinstalled.

February was impressively shit, dark, and cold.

Now I’ve got more battery capacity than some old EVs (with room for more).

The massive 10kVa inverter comes out to about 8kW and can power a soon to come electric hob, electric oven, and a washing machine, probably all at once (not that I will).

Solar is already giving me more each day than I use so I get to figure out what to do with it, even before I upgrade to better panels.

With all that solar I can sell the petrol generator I was forced to rely on for the basics in winter.

Next step is a calorifier (water tank). It’ll capture waste heat from diesel engine, reducing how much I heat the canal.

It will also accept any spare electricity acting as a solar dump, to power hot water for kitchen and shower, letting me ditch gas completely very soon.