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Problem with Solarcabin Channel - AIBU?

SeaGal

SeaGal

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To all including @Will Prowse, @Supervstech, @upnorthandpersonal...

Am I being unreasonable or do others have an issue with @Solarcabin Channel?

This new member has been here for only one week, but has made already over 290 postings, a number of which contain technically inaccuracies. Obviously we can all make mistakes (and do), but it is his confrontational and arrogant responses which I feel do not help the general nature of the forum.

Furthermore, he seems to have a somewhat blasé attitude to sexism / objectification of women - seems so 1970's to me.

If you have the time, please read through these two threads...

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LiFePo4 Shelf Life?

I haven't traditionally been a fan of lithium batteries as off grid storage simply due to the relative "newness" of the technology. Also because of local availability of lead batteries if I need a quick replacement. But I do like the deep discharge and high capacity of these newer cells and so...
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and
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Considering DIY Long distance from panels

I have a house that sits about 400-500 feet from an open 1 acre field. I live in area where (as far as I can tell) does not offer net metering services. I use approximately approximately 40kwh - 50kwh per day. The house is surrounded by trees and I would prefer not to add panels on the roof...
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as well as specific inappropriate sexist / objectification remarks, which I have responded to, here...

diysolarforum.com

LiFePo4 Shelf Life?

I haven't traditionally been a fan of lithium batteries as off grid storage simply due to the relative "newness" of the technology. Also because of local availability of lead batteries if I need a quick replacement. But I do like the deep discharge and high capacity of these newer cells and so...
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here...
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LiFePo4 Shelf Life?

Wow, that chip on your shoulder must be getting pretty heavy friend! Pointing to your reputation for insults and rudeness does not exactly help your case :cool: This is going way off topic and my work helping people go off grid is well known. If you want some free plans to build a cabin and...
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and here...
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Is price always the first consideration in solar panels?

One thing about poly vs mono is that poly is significantly larger/heavier than mono - maybe 20%. So if you have a space problem, it might be worth more $ for mono. Also, ploys are blueish and monos are blackish - and this might also affect a decision if you have wiggle room on the budget...
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I appreciate forums are designed to be open for anyone to give an opinion, but IMHO this member has gone too far.

Feeback from all, especially Moderators, much appreciated.
 
Self-edited - delete delete delete - editing ends. Dude rubs me very much the wrong way. I offer no solution other than ignoring the ignorance and for any electricians, engineers, and other electrical gods to step in and correct any stupidity that goes completely off the rails. I don’t like shutting down any narrative.
 
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sunshine_eggo said:
I'm of a prior generation limited to IMHO, YMMV and WTF? :)
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:)... yep, "Am I Being Unreasonable". Not that new though, popularised about 20 years ago from a sub-forum on Mumsnet...

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AIBU? | Am I being unreasonable? | Mumsnet | Mumsnet

Am I being unreasonable? Put your questions to Mumsnet's famous AIBU forum and see if you are being unreasonable or not.
www.mumsnet.com www.mumsnet.com

... often answered with 'YABU' or 'YANBU' if you CBA to type the response out in full ;)
 
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SilverbackMP said:
I offer no solution other than ignoring the ignorance and for any electricians, engineers, and other electrical gods to step in and correct any stupidity that goes completely off the rails.
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houseofancients said:
i simply ignore him
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I will try and do that. The issue is
a) I feel a need to correct misinformation for the sake of newcomers and those with less engineering knowledge, but then..
b) every time I've made a correction there is some confrontational response - then it becomes a waste of everyone's time and effort - and the reason poor @georgia088 's thread has become an 11 page epic :(
 
SeaGal said:
@crossy Sure, I could ignore him... but then I won't see the technical inaccuracies that need to be corrected for the sake of others.
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As a moderator on another forum (come over to Aseannow.com and say "hi") I know exactly what you mean. It's not the technical inaccuracies per-sé it's the acidic responses to corrections.

We would have warned and prevented forum access by now, keep up the BNBR (Be Nice, Be Respectful) rule breaking and you get banned.

Sadly, it's an increasing problem.
 
crossy said:
As a moderator on another forum (come over to Aseannow.com and say "hi") I know exactly what you mean. It's not the technical inaccuracies per-sé it's the acidic responses to corrections.

We would have warned and prevented forum access by now, keep up the BNBR (Be Nice, Be Respectful) rule breaking and you get banned.

Sadly, it's an increasing problem.
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And the thing is...she's an electrical engineer with a shitload of solar experience. I don't usually like the word "mansplaining," but it fits in these exchanges.
 
Confrontational exchanges are 2/3 of the reason I even use the Internet ?

But I thank God that the Founding Fathers of the US had the foresight and wisdom to limit how far the government can go to silence free speech. This is a private forum and so the mods can boot whoever they want, but the idea that someone should be silenced because someone else thinks they're wrong, even if they are actually wrong, or because they toss their freeloading wife under the bus in a mildly insensitive way, is quite chilling. The desire to silence doesn't end at internet forums and the people who would have someone they don't like thrown in the gulag are out there.

If bad information is posted, it should be corrected by good information, not by curtailing someone's ability to post bad information. In my opinion of course.
 
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