The Home Energy Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Srathor
Vyemm Raider
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Been running a back up plan with 2 larger panels now for 8 years. 4 110 AH deep cycle batterys in a 24 volt config. I run my back up/basement fridge with it for daily use.
Solar has so damn many downsides to it. Batteries need replacing. Large cost there. DC to AC conversion, power lost there + excess heat. (Good in the winter, bad in the summer)
However I can make icecubes with the power of the sun. (Evil mad scientist laughter here) So fucking not worth it, but it is cool. The extra man hours to make sure the panels are clean, the time taken checking battery charge, the work involved with picking up the heavy as fuck batteries when they needed replacing. The technical know how. Again it was fun, a hobby really, but on a production standpoint very very not ready.
Solar has so damn many downsides to it. Batteries need replacing. Large cost there. DC to AC conversion, power lost there + excess heat. (Good in the winter, bad in the summer)
However I can make icecubes with the power of the sun. (Evil mad scientist laughter here) So fucking not worth it, but it is cool. The extra man hours to make sure the panels are clean, the time taken checking battery charge, the work involved with picking up the heavy as fuck batteries when they needed replacing. The technical know how. Again it was fun, a hobby really, but on a production standpoint very very not ready.
Cad
scientia potentia est
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I generated 15,340kWh last year and invested approximately 0 minutes doing anything to the system at all.
Experiences may vary.