metronome Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 @mr.yuck19 panels total for 7.8kW. This should be enough + some extra to generate for my needs. It’s not battery backed it’s connected to our grid so the months of March/April->Oct I’ll be generally exporting and only importing in the evenings for things like appliances etc super stoked on this, need to get some data history going now to see how the money flow looks! I *should* be in the black for electricity year over year going forward. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 @metronomethat's what I'm talking about. I e been reading up on solar for years now and it feels like none of the reading answers any of my questions. So your electric company runs you up a credit account for the power going to them. Then you borrow against that credit for what ever electric you use? Is there a reality where the electric company cuts you a check at the end of the month if the electric you provide to them is in excess of what you consume? I think I have the worst electric company ever. I'm on auto pay. Every month they thank me for my payment. Then a few days later they inform me that they have returned my payment. Then there is some new total due that doesn't make any sense. I check my bank account and no money has been returned. I look back a little further and they never took any money in the first place. My current bill is like $1200 and I can't figure out how to make theses cock suckers just take my money. I'd love to just be done with the whole thing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 Oh I also built this wall in the kitchen so I could have some where to tuck the new plumbing and also bury this brick chase in the corner that vents the carbon monoxide from the hot water heater out of the attic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 @mr.yuckso the way it works where I live is we pay a flat rate for electricity per kWh, and then you have to also pay for transmission and distribution. how this should work for me is in my long sun months, I will be exporting onto our grid (which they pay me for at the rate I pay per kWh) and because I’m not importing electricity my trans+dist costs should be heavily reduced. there is also an incentive for “micro generators” (aka me) where twice a year I can change my electricity rate, so in the long sun months I can swap to an inflated price so that my exported generation is compensated at a higher rate (though I will also have to pay that inflated rate for electricity I import in the evenings) & then when the winter months come back I switch back to my lower rate. The fed govt also kicked in $5k for me and is hooking up a no interest 10yr loan to pay off the rest of my balance on the cost of install… which should pay for itself with my generation savings. Hope this made sense. another thing to keep in mind is in Canada we are hosed on the cost of a battery, you guys get way better prices there so you could very well explore if a battery system makes more sense for your situation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 My buddy was using a mental sheer for the past 20 years and it finally got the better of him. Doc said he can skin graff back to somewhat normal. GRAPHIC!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I started at the bottom of the page….wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, nicklesndimes said: ^^uh...are you ok? @ndv lol that shit is straight disturbing. I am good. Moral of the story is, as a one-man-band business and you have a ton of work to get done, this is when you really have to double check everything and do not let the deadlines get the better of you. This is when mistakes can happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 12 minutes ago, nicklesndimes said: @ndv ouch man that shit looks painful Looking at that, I imagine so, my said he yelped! He was using one of these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, nicklesndimes said: game. changer VID_20230913_160352.mp4.68d662585d16cdd2bb715f31c09c6cc1.mp4 26.3 MB · 0 downloads I was thinking the game changer pulling chain was going to open and close your garage door. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Yikes. That's a good chunk he wacked off. I've met several carpenters over the years that have missing thumbs from being too comfortable with chop saws. Just knocking out repetitive cuts, shooting the shit with some one and then the next thing you know, WHACK. That joint is gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 hours ago, nicklesndimes said: on a less unsettling note, today i took a nice long walk down to the local hardware store to grab a small length of pull chain. i always remembered there being a light in our garage, but haven't been able to find a switch(and i've been searching..). then boom, yesterday i was up on a ladder doing something and spotted this small pull chain, and sure enough remembered finally where the light switch was from all those years ago! it's a small victory, but a game changer for working in the garage when it's dark. b/c the only light source i had at night was the 5 or so minute window the light clicks on when you operate the garage door. so i had to activate the garage door opener when i was working in the garage every 5-10 min no matter where i was in a project. even had the lights turn off numerous times while in the middle of doing important work out there. game. changer VID_20230913_160352.mp4.68d662585d16cdd2bb715f31c09c6cc1.mp4 26.3 MB · 0 downloads Good thing lights didn’t go out when you operating the metal sheets…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Did auto correct get extra stupider today? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Solar flares no doubt. Got computer brains all scrambled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cancelculttourist Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Ooof , poor guy and his finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Downstairs is juiced back into the grid Look who's cooking real food again for the first time in about a month and a half. What's on the menu? Collards! Sweet potatoes! Rice! Spicy Jamaican patties! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, mr.yuck said: Collards! Sweet potatoes! Rice! Spicy Jamaican patties! Ok, whatever, Mr. Dolezal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cancelculttourist Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 That your at home colostumy bag there in the Lowe's bucket? Or you like your wine coolers chilled in creek water? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Hahaha. It doesn't matter who you are in southern VA. Everybodies grandma has a special collards recipe. No need for creek water. I just had to replace my fridge about a week ago cuz that hoe shit out on me too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Which color bros 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Also about to replace a window with zero experience. So wish me luck 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 IDK, I am saying the second, but the third is brighter. The fist has that nice rust look to it so it's really tough. I may ve of no help. What room are you painting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Dark_Knight said: Which color bros None of these are working for me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 36 minutes ago, ndv said: IDK, I am saying the second, but the third is brighter. The fist has that nice rust look to it so it's really tough. I may ve of no help. What room are you painting? my bathroom. It’s ugly as fuck and am giving it all a facelift. Decided on burnt orange for the color 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 31 minutes ago, LUGR said: None of these are working for me. gotta trust the process. Rustic look goes hard 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dark_Knight said: my bathroom. It’s ugly as fuck and am giving it all a facelift. Decided on burnt orange for the color The 2nd one you get both shades of the 1st and 3rd. I'd go with that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Thanks @ndv. @LUGRis a friggin Debbie downer and hates my rustic aesthetic bathroom ideas 😞 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Dark_Knight said: Thanks @ndv. @LUGRis a friggin Debbie downer and hates my rustic aesthetic bathroom ideas 😞 If I had to choose one, it is the first one. If you are going for the burnt orange look, be sure to throw some of these up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cancelculttourist Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 The rusty one 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 27 minutes ago, LUGR said: If I had to choose one, it is the first one. If you are going for the burnt orange look, be sure to throw some of these up. the only heffers I allow in my domicile are bbw Latinas 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 I don't like the top one for an interior color. She's giving off barn red for sure.i like the second one. 3rd is too bright for me. Where's Noesy Noes to weigh in? @NightmareOnElmStreet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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