Hi All.
Newbie here.
Must agree with London Rascal.
Love my electric flush toilets, my Coffee maker, my heating in the colder months, not too big on TV but do use it occasionally on the inverter, SWIMBO does use her hair drier and curling brush every day, we also use our vacuum cleaner to rid us of dog hairs and also don't worry a jot about our fridge running all the time we are on board and only need to turn it down when the beer needs to be liquid as opposed to solid. Solid Scotch eggs the other day, yuk.
All this on 330ah domestic battery bank that has not been connected to shore power since Sunday and will not be until this Sunday. Yes we do have solar panels and the weather has been good since we have been out and we have had about 7hours engine running with a 110 amp alternator.
Solar panel controller showing 12. 9v on the battery bank this evening before darkness after not going anywhere at all today.
There is a secret that I wanted to share.
Keep your batteries in good condition regards charge and maintenance and you will be good to go . Just renewed my domestic battery bank this year after 8 years of use.
Oh an BTW the last time I had to start my engine to start my heating was around 23 years ago when I had a duff cell in a battery on 2 boats ago when I had only 2 domestic batteries and no solar panels or battery indicator technology.
No need to go overboard on technology, just maintain your batteries.
A lesson a particular hire fleet could do with learning. I will say no more. Moored at a Southern mooring tonight with half and half private and hire boats here with not a single boat running it's engine.