Right, here's the thing nobody mentions until you're sat in the pouring rain with a flat battery at 2am on the Trent & Mersey — your 100Ah feels like a generous cup of tea until you're...
Right, mate — fridges are the sneaky power vampires of off-grid living. Everyone thinks "oh it's just a fridge" and then watches their battery bank collapse like a sack of potatoes.
The...
Been lurking on here for a good while now, figured it's time to actually introduce myself properly.
Spent thirty years as a sparky working all over the Midlands before calling it a day five years...
Aye, this is the bit where most people get it spectacularly wrong though, isn't it? They rock up with a spreadsheet that says "kettle: 2kW" and then act genuinely shocked when their 5kWh...
Ha, yeah the definitions get murky fast. I've lived on a narrowboat for six years now, and let me tell you — the electrical conversations are basically identical whether someone's asking about a...
Mate, you've got the solar equivalent of a sensible salad when you're craving a proper fry-up. 400W on a Sprinter is workable if you're disciplined, but "extended off-grid" and a kettle...
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