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Looks great. What wire size did you customize from your JK BMS to negative and as your battery positive? For even lower energy consumption, I use an 3L Instant Pot Duo pressure cooker for much of my cooking, although I'm not on a boat. The Instant Pot greatly reduces my use of the induction hot...

Battery Neg to Shunt to Power In negative side, on battery side, not the inverter side of the Power In. Battery On/Off switch at battery positive side of Power In on battery side of Power In. Connect to side bar directly IF one can fit or reach but most would use short cables?

Depends doesn't it? Some inverters have really high efficiency inversion and most good ones have an adjustable Eco or Search mode. My 4000 watt 24 Volt low frequency 20 year old inverter, has a search function that just sips barely any watts and that can be greatly adjusted in search pulses over...

The problem is that your specs might be okay but only for a perfectly sunny day, for a few hours with panels that have no shading and at the correct angle to the sun. Shading, cloudy days and night time must be taken into account in your energy audit (list of appliances using how much...

Also, shunts like the Victron will need to be calibrated and re-calibrated on occasion and are mathematical estimates vs. 100% always pysically accurate. Lots of threads to search about how they work and their limitations.

Very few low prices in Canada from my looking. DIY can be a little less expensive DEPENDING on how much you spend of the savings on tools required to do the build. Buying from USA or China also incurs Customs Brokerage fees unless you know how and can do the broker work to get the items through...