Pushing the Limits of the GMKtec Nuc Box G5 So, you bought yourself a GMKtec G5, followed the Retro Gaming on a Budget guide, and now you’re itching to see how far this little box can really go. Xbox 360,…
Welcome to the “Is It Worth It?” Zone ! Alright, you’ve tamed the beast solid power brick, 15W unlocked, GPU humming at 1200 MHz, thermals in check. Your G5’s gone from a wheezing hamster to a caffeinated ferret on Red…
You want a retro system without breaking the bank. Electronics prices have gone supernova. The cost of living’s chewing through the public like a plague of locusts armed with credit cards, and the modern world’s one bad resistor away from…
Next Up: Booting into Batocera and Installation — Part 2 It’s time to turn your GMKtec K5 mini-PC into a full-fledged Linux-powered retro gaming machine. This is where the fun begins, the moment your budget box becomes a time-traveling pixel…
Installing Games with RGSX and More! Now that RGSX is humming quietly in the background, it’s time for the fun part installing games directly to your hard drive. Yes, it’s exactly as easy as it sounds, but before you go…
Introduction Link to Fogstar 16.1 Kwh 48v Solar Battery Now let’s delve into a completely logical topic: a testimonial of a functional battery. Imagine this scenario – picture me beneath my handcrafted pergola, feeling like a satisfied backyard innovator, observing…
Mistakes on Ordering & Fogstar’s Support Tested. On ordering, I managed to do the one thing every engineer dreads – I clicked the wrong button. Instead of the 16.1 kWh unit I actually wanted, I somehow ordered the 15.5 kWh…
Installation – a short saga After I dragged the 140-kilo Fogstar’s monolith into the Shed of Chaos and stood there steaming like a busted kettle. My wife handed me tea; my brain cooled enough to read. Page two of the…
Victron MPPT charge controllers and DC-DC converters are built around passive cooling. The aluminium housing is the heatsink, designed to radiate heat without any moving parts. That design is simple and reliable, but once ambient temperatures climb, heat build-up becomes…
Unlock you free space in your garden using solar – Part 1 Unlocking the potential of your garden isn’t about flowers, gnomes, or that half-finished decking project, it’s about turning dead space into a money-saving machine. My own “professional” roof…
Step Zero: Before you even think about buying solar, get your head straight. 90% of salespeople are full of it. Their job is not to save you money it’s to get your signature. Rules: Get 12 months of usage data.…
Who Am I? I am Michael Lee Wood — engineer, maker, tinkerer, and unapologetic dismantler of anything with a plug, a fuse, or a marketing department. Founder of Mayhems Solutions Ltd, inventor of the world’s most outrageous PC coolants, and…