Jake Walker

@BatteryPaula @StormyMechanic you two are absolutely a cautionary tale and I'm still going to do exactly the same thing 😂 Running a Pi Zero 2W at the moment just watching my Fogstar batteries via...

@Nige1977 @BoxerCamper stone buildings are basically nature's way of saying "congratulations on your new fridge" 😂 Seriously though — I went down the insulated timber frame route for my...

@BreezyWanderer mate, welcome to the Great British Winter Solar Experience ☁️☁️☁️ Your panel isn't broken — the sun just emigrated to Spain for six months and forgot to tell you.

@MoorDweller classic problem — your van's basically got two parents fighting over who gets to feed the battery 😄 Seriously though, the issue is usually the relay kicking in and confusing the MPPT...

@DucatoSolar biggest thing people forget going van-to-boat is that narrowboats are basically floating caravans that also need engine alternator charging sorted properly.

JakeWalker | 203 posts @SimonPalmer classic case of "my solar is broken" turning out to be "my solar is perfect and I'm just bad at maths" 😄 Seriously though — have you...

@LiFePO4Nerd makes a fair point but nobody's mentioned the British weather tax — half your "surplus solar" plan evaporates the moment it's February and you've got 0.3kW dribbling in from...

Mate, recycling centres are genuinely golden for this. I scored a cracked 200W panel from one near me for a tenner — slight delamination but it still shifts decent watts.

Mate, you're gonna end up with four different answers and three of them will contradict each other by tomorrow. Classic. Honestly though, the narrowboat angle changes things a bit.

Mate, 10kWh through winter is genuinely solid. The Multiplus is basically indestructible—I've had mine running my cabin for three years now and it's never complained once, even when I was being a...