theimportanceofbeing
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Be prepared to wait 5 hours for stuff to be dry ?
What is so hard to understand about Do laundry during the day!!
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Be prepared to wait 5 hours for stuff to be dry ?
MisterB1959
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my socks are that fed up of being washed, that now some of them hide in some special hiding place, never to be seen again and they have to be paired up with other left behind socks. although they dont match each other in terms of fabric, length and pattern they seem to enjoy each others company ...
Tulex
Solar Wizard
I'm OK with that. Both of us retire in the next 2 years. Won't be much in the wash that we will be waiting on.
Zwy
Emperor Of Solar
Unplug the washing machine for a few days and tell her she used it too much and maybe wore it out. If she needs to wash clothes, she can go to a nearby creek and beat them on a rock.
8 days of no sun, we ended up doing 3 loads in one day when the sun finally shined. She cuts hair and washes her towels here and uses the dryer. Other 2 loads were clothes and line dried.
Put a timer on the laundry circuit if she can't comply. After a few times of trying to get the washer going, she might get the hint.
She will do laundry or dishwasher in the evening if we know good sun in next few days. One advantage of a larger battery bank.
scrubjaysnest
Solar Enthusiast
This is why the desert nest is close to the new laundromat. Once a week 1 1/2 hours, done. Also has showers with unlimited hot water.
Sounds more like that she has a routine. Many of us are creatures of habit. For them it is very difficult to break the normal pattern that they have. Some form of incentive/disincentive is required. This works best if they are the ones that set that. An outside force often creates resistance. "You can't tell me what to do", might not be stated but it is there.
If after all your attempts to reason have failed the only prudent thing is to design around the problem.
hugemoth
Solar Enthusiast
Remind her of the wisdom of the centuries old proverb, "Make hay while the sun shines."
Nobodybusiness
Collecting the leftovers of the Great Sky Reactor.
That’s nice for unlimited hot water.
Nobodybusiness
Collecting the leftovers of the Great Sky Reactor.
I think you’re right.
I’m sure it’s habitual and 50+ years of it.
Probably just have to put a timer on the circuit like Tim said.
littleharbor2
Solar Addict
Off-grid women get it, otherwise your looked upon as being so frugal (cheap) as to be the electricity police. Gotta love them "off -grid" women.
Brett V
Mad Scientist
My problem with the warden hasn't been time of use so much as using everything at the same time.
No dear, you can't run the toaster oven and microwave at the same time while drying your hair with the air conditioning on.
Had to replace the 6k Growatt with a 12k just for surge capacity.
No dear, you can't run the toaster oven and microwave at the same time while drying your hair with the air conditioning on.
Had to replace the 6k Growatt with a 12k just for surge capacity.
sunshine_eggo
Happy Breffast!
You know what... I forgot something... That's another key point... My wife and I entered into a pre-marital contract where I would "manage" the laundry. It's up to me to deliver a clean basket of clothes... my wife does all the folding put/away, so technically *I* am in control of when the laundry is in the washer and dryer.
I still feel lucky.
Brett V
Mad Scientist
@prepared_life
Newbie to Solar here for Knowledge
I've kind of solved this problem by using a heat pump dyer. I was able to secure an open box from best buy with a 3 year warranty for somewhere around $300 US. We also went with a heat pump water heater. No problem running everything at once. I also believe we can get a tax credit for the appliances when we do taxes.
theimportanceofbeing
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You know what... I forgot something... That's another key point... My wife and I entered into a pre-marital contract where I would "manage" the laundry. It's up to me to deliver a clean basket of clothes... my wife does all the folding put/away, so technically *I* am in control of when the laundry is in the washer and dryer.
I still feel lucky.
That's very modern of you , you're positively a feminist!
sunshine_eggo
Happy Breffast!
We both hate laundry.
We are both each other's second spouse.
We both had an engagement we broke off between marriages.
If nothing else, we learned the power of compromise along the way.
Good rant.
Can't this be solved with an extra battery or two and some meditation?
- At some point the infrastructure needs to serve the people, not the other way around.
- At some point I found it helpful to recognize and enjoy (or at least not be annoyed by) the embedded traits in my family members.
- My spouse washes clothes too frequently. She doesn't do dishes as often as I'd prefer so that's become my task. She splits and stacks far more than her share of the firewood. She thinks about food needs well before the 45 mile grocery run so I'm not eating sardines all day.
- She tolerates me spending too much time on the internets.
Buy her a battery for Valentine's Day.
Can't this be solved with an extra battery or two and some meditation?
- At some point the infrastructure needs to serve the people, not the other way around.
- At some point I found it helpful to recognize and enjoy (or at least not be annoyed by) the embedded traits in my family members.
- My spouse washes clothes too frequently. She doesn't do dishes as often as I'd prefer so that's become my task. She splits and stacks far more than her share of the firewood. She thinks about food needs well before the 45 mile grocery run so I'm not eating sardines all day.
- She tolerates me spending too much time on the internets.
Buy her a battery for Valentine's Day.
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?Buy her a battery for Valentine's Day.
dougbert
Solar Addict
yes, yes - the Wife Limit Motif, equal budgets
finally got my system big enough with even the electric stove on battery.
power grid breaker is turned off to the inverter
now I use Chargeverter to float the battery (using grid) at low voltage but still with some battery reserve. When the sun comes out and charges the battery enough, chargeverter is turned off automatically
I use the main inverter to invert NOT to charge batteries
to me, that is a GREAT FEATURE
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