What makes a build log useful six months later?

CaseyBuilds

I’d love build logs here to be useful after the original discussion has gone quiet. What do you wish people included besides the finished photo?

RoadsideRiley

A parts list with exact models, the goal, and what you’d change next time. Also whether the setup is used parked or moving. A wide photo and one of the cable route usually explain different things.

CableTidy

Separate actual measurements from estimates. If a part changes, add a short dated update rather than silently replacing the list. And say if you sell any of the parts.

CaseyBuilds

Good call. A setup diagram plus the problem it solves would give readers a lot more to work with than a shopping list alone.

RowanField

Please include how you measured power. A device estimate, a meter at the outlet and a battery display are different measurements.

CaseyBuilds

I’ll add a measurement-method line to the template. That is a detail I would have missed.

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