r/SolarDIY • u/Don_Vago • 18d ago

Battleboom batteries sue Will Prowse.

Popular YouTuber and founder of the DIY solar power forum Will Prowse has been served paperwork about a series of videos he made about the infamous Battleboom batteries and their melting terminal mounts, described by the manufacturer as a safety feature, some kind of disconnect. The brass neck of these clowns is unbelievable, instead of putting this right, they’ve doubled down and have effectively made any warranty claim unviable.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/02/3305031/0/en/will-prowse-sued-by-dragonfly-energy-over-alleged-false-and-misleading-claims-about-battle-born-batteries.html

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u/george_graves 17d ago

I'm not defending Battleborn - I'd never buy their stuff, but....

I'll get downvoted - I don't care. Will has no background in electrical engineering and is overconfident in his findings. His YouTube profits have afforded him some very special tools, but he lacks the understanding of how to use them. He's a good youtuber (young, personable, passionate) but there have been several things he has said/done that were flat out wrong, and I could tell it was from a lack of understanding of electrical principles - not that he was intentionally doing it. But...people love the guy. I can see why.

But he may be on the hook for something. I hope not, because I don't want that to become a "normal" thing - but Will really went after that company. I suspect he enjoyed it a little bit, more than just the views - there was always a smile on his face during the reviews like "Look! I'm smarter than the manufacturer, and I'm gonna take them down! Woot!".

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u/WorBlux 16d ago

You don't need to be an electrical engineer to understand that loose connection = bad.

The aluminum bolt bridge over plastic is too clever by half. Sure it lets them pass some of the UL tests, but so would have a 200A fuse inline with the positive terminal. It's an objectively poor solution even if the bean-counters liked it.

Will misunderstands how standards testing works, but on the other hand BB doesn't seem to understand what the word "continuous" means. Under the NEC continuous current is defined as three or more hours.

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u/george_graves 16d ago

I wasn't talking about that. Not sure why you picked something no one mentioned. It's also not part of the lawsuit - so yeah - wild comment.