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Hence I carefully worded my reply😉

My Victron MPPT controller has built in Bluetooth, I suspect the dongle is for the inverter.

I cut a 32mm hole between the panels and covered it with THIS screwed and stuck with sticks like Sh1t. Cable then ran down the internal roof cable duct to the MPPT controller at the back of the boat Do you have accessable cable ducts? 🤔😱😉 6mm cable will be fine for panels in series, I bought a 40 metre mc4 cable and cut it in half, saved mounting any mc4 connectors. 😎

I use this: Three Unlimited 5G Data SIM - Preloaded Every Month from now until 8th December 2025 - Perfect For Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones - https://amzn.eu/d/elXSlIb Works out a £7.40 a month. Or this: Three Unlimited 5G Data SIM - Preloaded Every Month from now until 8th August 2026 - https://amzn.eu/d/iR6b8BO £7.30 a month. If you want to stick with O2 then: O2 Unlimited 5G Data SIM. Perfect for unlocked Phones, Routers, Tablets and Wifi Dongles - Activate anytime when you receive the SIM - Choose your Data Duration (12 Months) https://amzn.eu/d/aK0loL6 Is a bit more expensive at £19 a month. All are payable in advance but that's one of the reasons you get decent savings.

When I had mine redone after the originals cracked they were half Inch thick steel verticals welded to the base plate with the same horizontal and gussets every foot underneath. These ran the length of the engine room and we're braced to the sides of the boat as well as being welded to two steel bulkhead/cross members at the front and rear The engine was mounted on 3 inch thick oak bearers on top of this structure. You can never have too much steel supporting a JP3

Creocote did a good job on my fence panels. Well as good as any of the other makes😉

They are only 110Ah at the C100 discharge rate 80Ah at the more normally quoted C20 rate.............

They used to be at the top end of Britannia Row I used to work at 35 just down from them, thought they had gone didn't realise they still existed. In the day they were my go to company for Speedo cables😉

Try getting a JP3 out when the boat has been built round it😱

Got a spare sofa have you?

Depends if you want a bodge job, like many narrowboat jobs are, or a job done properly. 🤔

Well I chanced on it today whilst retuning the TV, I only lasted a few minutes what a pile of crap. WTF has getting a sofa delivered got to do with boating. Would have been better if the sofa was too big to go in the boat. Absolutely pathetic program

Panels were fixed using Z brackets attached to 30x6mm aluminium strip which was bedded on neoprene strip and bolted down to the roof. The only sealant was a dab on the end of each machine screws before insertion. All I remember is it was black so possibly the same as I used on the stove. No rust after 4 years when I removed them for the boat to be painted.

I tapped holes in the roof and bolted my panels down on the boat using security Torx with a dab of sealant on each bolt.. No reason to use Sikaflex at all unless you have a fibreglass or wooden roof.😱