Are we being forced to go electric?
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Oldhippy
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I only have a laptop to power and a phone to charge so in theory yes.
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Get a good size battery bank and a log burner and a top quality controller, you'll harvest next to nothing in the Winter months so just be aware. I've a 100w panel and 110 leisure in my camper and you'll be surprised how short a time it lasts.
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Fridge? gas I guess, heating? Log burner and radiators? Lights, TV? Water pump?
Oldhippy
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Log burner will heat water, no radiators, no TV, candles only, no fridge needed. Water pump tba.
Pale Rider
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Don't forget to budget for a good fire extinguisher.
Oldhippy
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Not as much as you'd expect.
cougie uk
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How long is the boat ? How will the heat get into the bedroom ?
Lots of narrow boats already have solar just to keep their batteries topped up.
I can't see you'll be traveling in winter.
A simple air circulation system piped heat small fan distributing a the heat from the flue pipe would work extremely well. Vast majority of heat just goes out of the chimney. Heating a an exchanger then blowing warmed air is at least scavenging some of this heat.
Pale Rider
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Any of the Tesla fan boys on here unable to start to their cars recently?
Some owners were left stranded after the app messed up.
Looks like there is a key which would get the contraption moving, but many owners are not in the habit of carrying it.
I can forgive a car almost anything provided it gets me where I want to go when I want to go there, which does make me wonder if this is an example of technology taken too far.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
Some owners were left stranded after the app messed up.
Looks like there is a key which would get the contraption moving, but many owners are not in the habit of carrying it.
I can forgive a car almost anything provided it gets me where I want to go when I want to go there, which does make me wonder if this is an example of technology taken too far.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
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Yes I read about that as well and my first thought was wtf do you need an app to open a car ?! Utterly stupid and pointless. Software tech gone too far imo. My caravan has an app based control system as well, biggest pile of sh…t going. I stopped using it !
Pale Rider
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My humble Ford has 'keyless go', but there is a key blade inside the fob.
This means that with a bit of fiddling I should always be able to get inside, although once in there's nowhere to stuff the key blade, so I think I'm still reliant on the remote fob telling the car it can start.
This means that with a bit of fiddling I should always be able to get inside, although once in there's nowhere to stuff the key blade, so I think I'm still reliant on the remote fob telling the car it can start.
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