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6x growatt 3k's and 4x 16cell 280's with my custom spring loaded battery box.

Yeah, who'd have thought a device capable of powering your whole house for years, possibly decades, would be expensive. Definitely something you want to go as cheap and poor QA as possible on. Worst case scenario is it stops working? Nah, it burns your house down. If you can't afford it, you...

I would be lost without pornhub.

It only takes a 2 day power outage after a week of overcast days to rethink the idea that you have "enough". Here the grid isn't very reliable, and solar is up in the air when it comes to overcast days. I have 60kwh and am working on 120kwh. I have 11kw solar and working on 22kw solar. Nature...

Finally making some progress on my porch roof. This is going to be 24 panels, and will be a 2 part. Materials is 2" square tube with 1/4" sidewall. I just got the base structure up, no bracing or webbing yet. It was the hard part, the rest is easy. Got the legs stabalized with some wood...

For years, and years, and years and years. I said off grid solar wasn't viable or cost effective, when there was a grid alterantive. And I was making this assessment based off lead acid deep cycles, agm's, and even lions. Not to say it hasn't been done, it was just cost prohibitive when you look...

It's the 90/10 rule. 90% of the time is spent looking for stuff or taking a break from looking for stuff, then 10% is spent tightening nuts.

Not all chinese is the same chinese.

This is why I don't use cloud services. You don't NEED to connect the inverters to the internet. They came with a usb cable for a reason.

A few weeks ago I started a few brews. 4 gallons of mead. First is honey + 1oz of an earthy hops boiled for an hour then strained. Second is french roast coffee hops. Third is cinnamon and cloves, and 4th is a traditional mead. Today I racked them and am going to let them settle a bit to clear...

I almost flipped my tractor carrying a heavy load in the bucket. So I picked up suitcase weights but didn't want to mount them on the 3pt to make the tractor longer, as I want to keep it maneuverable. So I mocked up a bracket, welded it, and hung hte weights. Looks like it was always there.

Is this english?

I would also bet his right testicle on this.

This was a low effort one. String lights. Under my solar panels. It looks nice, I think.

New and creative ways to lie to my wife about how much something costs and how much we’re saving I thought I had mastered this when buying guns, but I had no idea at that point.

I like to document all my stuff start to finish, so i can look back on it and learn from it. But also to give folks hope who wouldn't have attempted to do something like this. I built my garage, by myself, with help from a friend, start to finish. I dug and poured the footers. I set the block...

I would absolutely not lay them on the ground, then. MC4 is IP67 rating, submersion of 30min. That looks to be heavy moisture content for an extended period of time. Also, it would be helpful to zoom out to see the environment these panels and connections are exposed to. Because from what I...

New chicken coop/brooder for the incoming hatchlings. 6 holes done, posts in, concrete set, 2x4's topped and 3/4 PT plywood down. front wall done, one of the side wall templates ready for cut.

Except the power's that be are trying to take away that choice.

Finished clearing the area. Got my tiller ready last month and broke it out. Started right up, and hit that red clay hard. I'm going to need some fertilizer. Maybe something nitrogen based.

That shouldn't be that heavy. My 15kwh packs are 100lb each, so that should be 300lb of cells plus maybe 100lb of materials, so 400lb. My exwife weighs more than that.

Yeah but they also did beiber, and that was a dick move.

Other side done. I picked up this plank to put between ladders to make it less safe. It's coming slowly because it's a lot of up and down the ladder, every piece is bolted up, measured, marked, and cut by hand, then back up the ladder, and welded in place. And I built another of these mud...

Kid outgrew his play area so I was looking at gates to give him more room. Everyone wanted a mint, for these flimsy POS things. So I went to the depot and picked up a pile of 2x4's and got cutting. Total length is 13' with the gate that swings out. Mounted to the wall and floor with concrete...

My shop is 24' wide by 44' deep. I had to spend 45min tonight cleaning to make enough space so i could lay a sheet of plywood down flat so I could cut it for my shelves.

What did 1/3rd of all particulate matter previously come from, if not wildfire smoke? Wild fires are not new, but the severity of them in CA are worsening due to land management policies around the city.

I don't want my tax dollars subsidizing anything, at all, ever. Provide the services that are absolutely necessary and that's it.

Did hayrides for the church this morning. Kids had a ball. Pulled my 18' trailer with my kubota b8200. All worked out well.

All that sorted, working like a champ. Today my little baby bump has been the biggest yet. 12.6kwh.

Other side done. Much faster this time. Tweaked the saw so it's making better cuts and quicker. I ordered a new mask and welding shirt, so I don't have to collect slag with my bare skin. 2 sides down, 6 to go.

If i believed what the government said 20 years ago, hawaii would be under water by now. There's no final solution. Just like with the rest of the things in life, there's the best thing, until the next best thing comes along. Widespread offgrid solar wasn't really viable until lifepo4 was...

It was pretty personal. A daughter disowning her mother over something so trivial. THen involving my kids. How much more personal can you get?

PECO gave me the same run-around and that's why I bought off grid inverters and batteries. Not only that but the rate they buy back is horrible and the connection fee is high. They dont' want my power, fine. I don't want theirs either.

It's safe to come back now. Things have settled down and freedom has been restored.

Canada's got oil and no guns, we'd steamroll them. It's such a shame how far they've fallen. I had high hopes for those truckers but they got screwed.

I just urinate around the doors/windows. I find once every couple days does the job at keeping them away.

Never let a crisis get in the way of profit.

That announcement is for the ev tax credit, which shouldn't have existed in the first place. Biden increased solar tarrifs 400% last month. The price increases are coming, so get it while it's cheap.

Can't get a clear day to save my life. Since going live in november, there hasn't been a single no-cloud day. I got close on saturday.

I understand taxes. But there should be massive limits on what they can be spent on. And it's a catch 22. While I would say limit tax spending to things like infrastructure, biden spent 42 billion dollars in a "broadband for all" rollout that didn't connect anyone to the internet, it all got...

I like her even more. Melania Trump declines to meet with Jill Biden at White House, citing Mar-a-Lago raid: source *She ain*t going,* a source familiar with Melania*s decision told The Post. *Jill Biden*s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are...

Shaved the cat today... My wife has this cat, lucy, a long hair rag doll who she overfeeds. Lucy is a bit on the pudgy side now, and had matting on her sides, back, stomach and neck. She would brush her but brushing a cat against their will is not recommended. So she made an appointment...

We all pay taxes. The government gladly takes those taxes. One of the very few things the government should take care of is support in a natural disaster. Fema has run out of money. Fema should never run out of money. It should be a bottomless pit. If they get near the bottom, money should...

I'm all about getting down to business. I expect him to end ww3 before he even takes office. I expect him to cut government spending by 1/3rd. I want him to repeal the NFA. I want him to get rid of those 87k irs agents. They have control of everything now. I expect them to do good things with...

Got the second set of rails up and the first panel on that set. It's a lot easier now because I can measure off the first. Which means I can drill on the ground and not on a ladder, which makes a big difference. I'm out of angle iron, which means I need to go to the steel shop for more. I'm...

Yup, youtube is trash. Amazon is trash. Basically I'm just going with old companies that have a track record outside of youtube an amazon. Lately I've had a much smaller desire to be the first on new products. If you want something specific, ask here, folks will have suggestions and they'll...

The Associated Press has just been banned from both the Oval Office and Air Force One for their continued refusal to recognize the Gulf of America.

I can't hear her talk. I can't look at her face. She's got the mind of a first grader. She's an anchor baby to two immigrants on student visa's that didn't want to go home.

1. Efergy energy monitor, ~$100 on amazon, claims directly to mains. This is a nearly perfect device, having a bit easier to navigate UI and a bit of logging, perhaps a usb computer interface or sd slot would make it perfect. 2. Any device that doesn't require an app or internet connection. If...

Elon picks a thing, and goes all in on it. All day, all night, work. That's why he's successful. From zip2 to paypal to tesla to spacex to trump. He is teetering on failure right up until the point he's a success. Then he reinvests everything into the next thing. He bets big, and works hard to...

Nah, 4 years ago I was winning pretty hard. Stuff was cheap, inflation was low, interest was low, there were no wars, and the admin didn't promise they were coming for my guns.

5 more panels up. 17 of 24 for this array. I want to try and squeeze another 6 panels onto the structure. Magdrill really saved me, but carrying panels up ladders is still a challenge.

I would say the EU is a failed state. The bulk will never own land, live in communist style rentals, and will work until they die just to be able to afford overpriced food and energy. That is not thriving, that's barely surviving. 15 minute cities, bicycle or public transportation, walking to work.

I'm not sure, I think it takes true skill or a gift to turn things this bad this fast.

I agree on the tone of LiTime. I don't think it's reasonable to expect the user to keep shipping materials, and sometimes things like this take a few weeks to get rolling. But I also think the end user should verify the products upon receipt. The timing of this is longer than expected, and I...

Rumors are flying that hoover hatchery canceled production for 2025, which is going to make chicks impossible to get. Which means I'll have to hatch my own chicks. I debated getting rid of the rooster a few times, I'm glad I didn't. I'll have to set up a new coop and section off the run and...

Fence bought and installed. Chicken manure spread, plant food spread. Tiller had a horrible accident, it picked up a rock and locked up. That was fun. Installed a new spigot. Tapped the washer's cold water supply. Used sharkbite for the first time. I was skeptical as hell, but no sweating...

Took the drone up to get a picture of the array as it stands. Once I figure out how to go around the chimney, I'll be putting another 21 panels into the array for 3 sets of 15 to 3 inverters.

With tomorrow being the first full sun day in a week, and the panels being cleaned off, hopefully I'll be able to properly charge the batteries while handling load.

Well I cranked out 14.5kwh today from 15 panels, and there were some dips. I have 24 panels up in a 6x4 grid, but I'm running 15 panels per inverter. Which means I had 9 up and doing nothing. So I decided to put one more up, and wire them up in a 5s2p instead of 5s3p. This is a very...

A Democratic Billboard Just Got Trolled Hard in Texas https://1063thebuzz.com/vote-democrat-billboard-texas/ The Kendall County Democrats paid to have this billboard installed in Comfort, Texas which is just north of San Antonio. It maybe a little hard to read with the glare, but it says "Your...

Last count I've posted over 15,000 memes and have been banned from multiple image hosting sites. I would prefer they not. But if they do, they'd better send more than 6 guys.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following his controversial announcement last night absolving his son of all criminal convictions and prosecution, news broke early this morning that President Joe Biden was forced to issue another pardon after Hunter went out and committed 17 more crimes overnight.

I love my ocean, that thing is rock solid. It has treated me very well. It also has a 113kwh battery and V2L capabilities.

It's only illegal if you get caught. And then it's questionable. Most projects for me are double gain. I gain financially, and I gain in knowledge. So even if it doesn't pay for itself entirely, or takes longer to pay for itself, I gained knowledge and skills in the process. How tall are those...

Also make sure the pictures weren't taken from a flip phone and have a resolution higher htan 180x240px.

The US is responsible for 35% mexico gdp and 22% canada gdp. Mexico is responsible for 1.2% of our gdp and canada is 1.5% of our gdp. If they don't bend over, they lose a lot harder than we do.

4th pack ready to be pushed back. All hooked up and officially online. I spent the past 4 hours charging the rest of the packs to 95% so that I could bring this one online without an inrush of current. Now, total of 60kwh ready to go.

Incubator came. Finished the walls. 4' in the front, and whatever that size of wood I had laying around in the back.

They make more profit on 5k. 5k is manageable in weight compared to 15k.

Finally!

Bottled 27 bottles of hard cider. Then 4 gallons of grape and 4 gallons of mango juice into the fermenters.

I guess this thread comes back and i never updated with what I did. Behold.

I build houses in flip flops. Although it's a bit cold lately, so I need some additional protection.

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Keep in mind a tesla is what, 73kwh battery? 6 of those server rack batteries from are only 30kwh, less than half. And that's around $8000. My ocean is 113kwh, that would be $32,000 in batteries alone, if i wanted to charge to full. Charging overnight from batteries charged up by solar during...

No they don't. Canada is basically communist, england too, and the rest of the EU. Japan is facing economic crisis, the people can barely afford to live due to their diminishing yen to dollar value. Right here in the USA, I have the best standard of living and the best access to healthcare in...

They don't want energy independence at the individual level or solar on homes. They want solar in fields so they can still control the power. Thus making it more expensive for individuals to go solar.

This sucker is sturdy. I'm going to get a couple 150lb struts to help lift the top.

Anyone who thinks trump is responsible for egg prices going up 10 days after he took office can move to canada. That's the dumbest thing anyone could think. Also he said that he has chickens, so he doesn't have to buy eggs for $10/doz, he makes his own. I do too, but I also sell eggs, and I...

It's anyone's guess what's real or fake anymore. But I wouldn't be surprised considering all the crap the dnc has filled their heads with.

It's also counter-productive to human evolution. It's literally going backwards. There's a reason people eat meat. Besides that it's awesome, that is. The point isn't to be green, it's self sustaining. There's almost nothing about solar that's "green".

Not today, climate-tard. Desantis is so well spoken and well versed on knowledge. As you would expect a governor to be. However, if you compare kamala's ability to talk, or ability to know things, to desantis, she's basically a barely functioning retard.

So the golf course attempted assassin left a letter, stating that he failed and promised $150,000 to anyone who can finish the job. But they would not release the Nashville tranifesto because it would be too inflammatory and may incite more violence.

Lots of stuff said. Nothing being done. That need to change.

Long Island bans masks in public

The other one is available on my only fans ;)

I have mixed feelings about that one. If your job can be done remotely, and you want to, it should be fine. For private entities. If my tax dollars pay your salary, get your ass in the office.

Biden signed a law prohibiting drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. That's why trump renamed it to the Gulf of America. Smart guy.